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The dopamine science of the purchase high — and the 24-hour rule that converts the urge into action.
The intention-behavior gap, and the one-sentence tool with 94 studies behind it.
Borrowed progress: why courses go unfinished, and the 1:1 rule that makes input earn its keep.
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It was never time management. The mood-repair science and the four-step fix.
You're not. The evolutionary accounting behind the veto, and the price it approves.
Not 21 days. The real number, the range, and the forgiving finding nobody quotes.
Discipline is mostly plumbing. The four pipes, from the self-control research.
Stuck is an evidence problem. The 2016 reversal of learned helplessness, as a protocol.
The January spark is real; the format is the failure. The version that survives February.
The evidence, not the hype
Everything on this site stands on classic, replicated research — Bandura on mastery experiences, Gollwitzer's implementation-intentions meta-analysis, the Maier & Seligman 2016 reappraisal of learned helplessness, Lally's real-world habit study. Where the science is contested, we say so. Every page cites its sources, because a method about evidence should come with some.
