compounding effect of making changes, 15 –16, 17 –18
Sorites Paradox, 251 –52
operant conditioning, 9 –10
opportunities, choosing the right
combining your skills to reduce the competition, 225 –26
explore/exploit trade-off, 223 –25
importance of, 222 –23
specialization, 226
outcomes
and behavior change, 29 –31
outcome-based habits, 31pain, 206 –207
Paper Clip Strategy of visual progress measurements, 195 –96
parenting applications of habit strategies, 267
Patterson, John Henry, 171 –72
Phelps, Michael, 217 –18, 225
photography class example of active practice, 141 –42, 144
Plateau of Latent Potential, 21 –23
pleasure
anticipating vs. experiencing, 106 –108
image of, 260
repeating a behavior when it’s a satisfying sensory experience, 184 –86, 264
Safeguard soap example, 184 –85
Plomin, Robert, 220
Pointing-and-Calling subway safety system, 62 –63
positive compounding, 19
The Power of Habit (Duhigg), 9 , 47 n
predictions, making
after perceiving cues, 128 –29
the human brain as a prediction machine, 60 –61
Premack, David, 110
Premack’s Principle, 110
pride
manicure example, 33
in a particular aspect of one’s identity, 33 –34priming your environment to make the next action easy, 156 –58
problem phase of a habit loop, 51 –53
process and behavior change, 30 –31