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Chapter 3: Habit Loop and Four Laws

This generated surface maps a learner-facing curriculum unit to its canonical source routes.

Curriculum surface

  • Open learner-facing unit
  • Curriculum path: content/curriculum/foundations/pre-semester-launchpad/module-01-study-systems/reference/03-habit-loop-and-four-laws.md
  • App: foundations
  • Semester: pre-semester-launchpad
  • Module: module-01-study-systems
  • Unit kind: reference
  • Curation level: module_curated

Learning objectives

  • Use Chapter 3: Habit Loop and Four Laws as targeted reinforcement instead of treating the source books as a separate reading track.
  • Choose the smallest source route that resolves the current blocker and then return to the learner path.
  • Extract one clarification or example from atomic-habits that makes the current module easier to execute.

Prerequisites

  • Willingness to work from a repeatable routine instead of waiting for motivation.

Source books

  • atomic-habits

Source routes

Atomic Habits

  • /books/atomic-habits via The Four Laws of Behavior Change, The Science of How Habits Work, Why Your Brain Builds Habits

Supporting curriculum routes

No supporting curriculum routes linked yet.

External enrichment

  • James Clear: Habit Stacking (read_if_stuck) - Adds a concrete implementation move when the learner needs a cue-action structure instead of more motivation talk.
  • James Clear: Environment Design (optional_deep_dive) - Useful when the blocker is friction, distraction, or inconsistent setup rather than understanding.

AI companion modes

  • Explain simply
  • Socratic tutor
  • Revision mode
  • Connect forward / backward

Source-of-truth note

This teaching unit is learner-facing guidance. Its canonical source backbone is the referenced book atomic-habits, and outside material should only clarify or strengthen that backbone.