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LESSON 2 · The Habit Machine

Your Action Plan

Pick one habit to build this week and run it through the framework:

  1. Shrink it — Reduce it to a 2-minute version. "Study Spanish" becomes "Open the Spanish app."
  2. Stack it — Attach it to a habit you already have: "After my morning coffee, I open the app."
  3. Track it — Mark an X on a calendar for each day you do it.
  4. Never miss twice — One missed day happens. Two in a row starts a new habit: skipping.

Start today, not Monday. The atomic idea is that no prep is needed — just the smallest action, done now.