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- What's one tiny shift that compounds over a week?
Three slow breaths can reset your stress response in…
- How does naming an emotion change it?
Labeling what you feel activates the part of the brain…
- Why does morning light matter so much?
Ten minutes of outdoor light early in the day anchors…
- What's something you do well without knowing how?
Implicit learning is when your brain absorbs patterns it…
- What could you tell yourself the next time you hit a setback?
People who forgive their own setbacks repeat them less…
- What helps you bounce back after an off day?
The people who keep their habits aren't the most…
- What keeps you coming back to a routine you enjoy?
A habit loop is when a cue makes your brain crave a…
Stephen Wendel · Designing for Behavior Change · 2nd ed.
- What's something you made & you're glad you have?
The IKEA effect is when building something yourself makes…
Stephen Wendel · Designing for Behavior Change · 2nd ed.
- What's a choice you made on instinct that turned out right?
The Rider and Elephant is when the intuitive self carries…
Stephen Wendel · Designing for Behavior Change · 2nd ed.
- What helps you stay generous when time is short?
Seminary students in a hurry helped a stranger only 10%…
Stephen Wendel · Designing for Behavior Change · 2nd ed.
- What changes when you catch yourself acting on autopilot?
The Prius Effect is when watching a behavior as it…
Stephen Wendel · Designing for Behavior Change · 2nd ed.
- What helps you stay honest in a gray area?
The fudge factor describes how people bend a rule while…
Stephen Wendel · Designing for Behavior Change · 2nd ed.
- What happens when you set the obvious answer aside?
The availability heuristic is when an idea feels right…
Stephen Wendel · Designing for Behavior Change · 2nd ed.
- What could you begin before you feel ready?
Freedman and Fraser found people who took on a smaller…
Stephen Wendel · Designing for Behavior Change · 2nd ed.
- If you rearranged your space, what habit would show up?
Choice architecture research shows everyday object…
- What idea in your work quietly went from weird to obvious?
Behavioral science went from a fringe curiosity to 200+…
- What would help a stalled plan finally move forward?
Researchers find that action needs several enabling…
- Which shelved idea of yours might just be ahead of its time?
Research on innovation timing shows most ideas fail not…
- What habit in your life works better when you keep it quiet?
Research shows that receiving praise for a money goal can…
- Where does a habit you care about tend to quietly slip away?
Knowledge almost never drives behavior — people who knew…
- What part of your work is quietly about changing how people act?
Parenting, product design, and program management are all…