Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones · chapter 3 · id atomic-habits-c3-02-clears-four-laws-of-behavior-c

“Clear's Four Laws of Behavior Change (make it obvious, attractive, easy, satisfying) provide a complete framework for habit formation based on behavioral science.”

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BJ Fogg Behavior Model (B=MAP)source alive

Behavior = Motivation + Ability + Prompt. Fogg's model, developed at Stanford, states behavior occurs when motivation, ability, and a prompt converge.

Wood & Neal 2007, Psychological ReviewDOI registry: valid

Academic habit research emphasizes context-dependent automaticity and environmental stability, which Clear's framework partially captures but oversimplifies.

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