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Two-Minute Rule

The two-minute rule is the practice of reducing a new habit to a version that takes about two minutes, so that the barrier to starting is small enough to clear on a bad day.

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How it works

The scaled-down version is not a stepping stone to the real one — it is the habit, for now. Reading one page and putting on running shoes count as complete. The mechanism is that the identity and the routine establish first, and volume comes later on its own. Trying to add volume early is the usual way it collapses.

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habit-initiation work by James Clear and BJ Fogg.

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