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slug	title	tags	date
keystone-habits	Keystone Habits	zettel keystone-habits psychology habits psychology/habits the-power-of-habit book book/the-power-of-habit charles-duhigg	2021-07-29T09:35

There are [[b11c411a]] that engage us to do a particular task routinely on a particular cue. Some habits, in addition to building a #[[7cf59f2b]], are contagious that cascades down into our daily lives that may change our behavior entirely around the habit. It is called keystone habits.¹

Keystone habits creates a chain reaction of habits or a domino effect of habits, building one to encourage another. Keystone habits are very particular and sometimes difficult to determine, but almost always they are simplistic. For instance, making your bed every morning, studies have found, correlates a person's productivity, financial responsibility, and overall well-being. Furthermore, a family that habitually eats dinner together are more likely to have children with better grades in school, emotional control, and more confidence.

Footnotes

1. The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg - Chapter 3: Keystone Habits, or The Ballad of Paul O'Neil ↩