Habit Stacking: Bolt the New Onto the Sturdy
This episode is narrated by David's AI voice — a digital copy of his voice he uses so the show keeps going on the days he can't record.
Show notes
Why your morning coffee runs flawlessly on autopilot while your good intentions collapse by Thursday — and how to borrow that reliability. David unpacks the cue-routine-reward loop, the one-sentence formula for habit stacking, how to choose a strong anchor, and the three quiet mistakes that sink most attempts.
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This episode was narrated by an AI clone of my own voice, trained on this show.
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