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Habits

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A habit is a routine of behavior that is repeated regularly and tends to occur subconsciously. Creating and maintaining useful habits is a core rationality practice as is getting rid of unhelpful habits.

Tips for Em­piri­cal Align­ment Research

Ethan PerezFeb 29, 2024, 6:04 AM
161 points
4 comments23 min readLW link

Train­ing My Friend to Cook

lsusrAug 29, 2021, 5:54 AM
71 points
33 comments3 min readLW link

True Habits

MartinBMar 25, 2020, 2:00 PM
23 points
1 comment6 min readLW link
(martinbern.org)

Magic Brain Juice

alkjashJan 26, 2018, 5:54 PM
26 points
15 comments3 min readLW link
(radimentary.wordpress.com)

You should just smile at strangers a lot

chaosmageSep 25, 2023, 8:12 PM
14 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Small Habits Shape Iden­tity: How I be­came some­one who exercises

adamShimiNov 26, 2020, 2:55 PM
46 points
20 comments4 min readLW link

What Piles Up Must Pile Down

silentbobApr 9, 2023, 6:37 PM
35 points
4 comments6 min readLW link

On Reflection

Neel NandaDec 14, 2020, 4:14 PM
27 points
2 comments13 min readLW link
(www.neelnanda.io)

The Mar­tial Art of Rationality

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 22, 2006, 8:00 PM
306 points
49 comments3 min readLW link

An Ex­per­i­ment in Habit Chang­ing − 5 Week Retrospective

WillaFeb 2, 2022, 5:00 PM
33 points
9 comments9 min readLW link

Ac­tion and habit

Swimmer963 (Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg) Jun 2, 2011, 2:59 PM
118 points
105 comments4 min readLW link

Seven habits to­wards highly effec­tive minds

Richard_NgoSep 5, 2019, 11:10 PM
38 points
11 comments2 min readLW link
(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)

[link] How habits con­trol our be­hav­ior, and how to mod­ify them

Kaj_SotalaFeb 21, 2012, 7:23 AM
35 points
11 comments7 min readLW link

How I fixed exercise

GabrielExistsMar 20, 2022, 4:52 AM
43 points
7 comments7 min readLW link

Notes on notes on virtues

David GrossDec 30, 2020, 5:47 PM
71 points
11 comments11 min readLW link

Six weeks doesn’t make a habit

lynettebyeAug 6, 2022, 8:54 AM
48 points
1 comment3 min readLW link

The Good Try Rule

DirectedEvolutionDec 27, 2020, 2:38 AM
56 points
4 comments4 min readLW link

Thoughts on de­sign­ing poli­cies for oneself

John_MaxwellNov 28, 2012, 1:27 AM
113 points
63 comments7 min readLW link

Essen­tial Be­hav­iorism Terms

RivkaMar 17, 2023, 5:41 PM
15 points
1 comment10 min readLW link

Chain Breaking

Mark XuDec 29, 2020, 1:06 AM
23 points
6 comments10 min readLW link
(markxu.com)

How and Why to Granularize

lukeprogMay 17, 2011, 3:16 PM
87 points
60 comments4 min readLW link

Spay or Neuter Your Irrationalities

AlicornApr 10, 2009, 8:08 PM
3 points
8 comments2 min readLW link

[Link] Dilbert au­thor tries to try

MileyCyrusSep 12, 2011, 4:24 PM
35 points
20 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What to do if you can’t form any habits what­so­ever?

masasinJan 10, 2021, 1:17 AM
19 points
24 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What skills or habits have last­ing value through time?

DuffJan 12, 2021, 1:54 AM
7 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

Re­in­forc­ing Habits

lynettebyeJun 21, 2021, 10:41 AM
50 points
4 comments4 min readLW link

Try­ing harder works, sometimes

Kaveh-SedghiFeb 3, 2022, 5:04 AM
6 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

Books Wor­thy of Integration

Roven SkyfalFeb 20, 2022, 8:03 AM
15 points
3 comments3 min readLW link

[Book re­view] Atomic habits

ValdesMay 4, 2022, 12:15 PM
3 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

OpenPrin­ci­ples Boot­camp (Free) -- Reflect & Act on your Ra­tion­al­ity Prin­ci­ples.

ti_guoSep 8, 2022, 3:06 AM
6 points
3 comments4 min readLW link

The Lit­tle Dragon is Dead

SquirrelInHellNov 6, 2017, 9:20 PM
6 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(squirrelinhell.blogspot.com)

Iden­ti­fy­ing Micro-fric­tion in the Con­text of the An­te­rior Mid-Cin­gu­late Cor­tex (aMCC)

Jaehyuk LimMar 29, 2024, 10:11 PM
3 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Benefi­tial habits/​per­sonal rules with very min­i­mal trade­offs?

SlapstickMay 13, 2024, 6:06 AM
21 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

Ex­pected num­ber of tries

adiosJun 22, 2024, 7:22 PM
6 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Read­ing More Each Day: A Sim­ple $35 Tool

aysajanJul 24, 2024, 1:54 PM
29 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Be­com­ing Black Boxish

vitaliyaSep 25, 2022, 11:35 PM
16 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

At­ten­tion is your scarcest resource

benkuhnJul 30, 2020, 1:00 AM
98 points
2 comments4 min readLW link
(www.benkuhn.net)

Mea­sur­ing aver­sion and habit strength

AcademianMay 27, 2011, 1:05 AM
111 points
13 comments3 min readLW link

How to Be­come a 1000 Year Old Vampire

[deleted]Oct 2, 2013, 5:07 AM
145 points
129 comments8 min readLW link

The Five Main Mus­cles for a Full Range of Nat­u­ral Move­ment, Dy­namic Align­ment & Balance.

leggiSep 1, 2019, 3:22 AM
15 points
10 comments10 min readLW link

Cheat codes

sketerpotDec 1, 2010, 9:19 PM
51 points
93 comments1 min readLW link

How habits work and how you may con­trol them

Kaj_SotalaOct 12, 2013, 12:17 PM
99 points
76 comments13 min readLW link

One thou­sand tips do not make a system

[deleted]Nov 30, 2012, 5:38 AM
73 points
28 comments4 min readLW link

Run­ning the Stack

lionhearted (Sebastian Marshall)Sep 26, 2019, 4:03 PM
37 points
8 comments2 min readLW link

Micro Habits that Im­prove One’s Day

silentbobJul 1, 2023, 10:53 AM
62 points
9 comments5 min readLW link

TSR #3 En­train­ment: Discussion

HazardDec 1, 2017, 4:46 PM
11 points
3 comments4 min readLW link

[LINK] How Long Does Habit For­ma­tion Take?

AntisujiJan 4, 2014, 1:33 AM
30 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

Be­ware the sub­op­ti­mal routine

jwfiredragonJan 10, 2024, 7:02 PM
13 points
3 comments3 min readLW link

How I changed my ex­er­cise habits

Normal_AnomalyApr 13, 2015, 10:19 PM
28 points
26 comments3 min readLW link
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