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INCENTIVES WHAT YOU MEASURE IS WHAT YOU MAKE 1/6 INCENTIVES EVERY PROXY HAS A CHEAPER PATH 2/6 INCENTIVES PAYING FOR IT KILLS THE MEANING 3/6 INCENTIVES EFFORT DRIFTS TO WHAT GETS COUNTED 4/6 INCENTIVES NEAR REWARDS BEAT FAR REWARDS 5/6 INCENTIVES AGENTS DRIFT TOWARD THEIR OWN INTEREST 6/6 DESIRE DOPAMINE TRACKS SURPRISE, NOT PLEASURE 1/6 DESIRE WANTING ARRIVES BEFORE THE THOUGHT 2/6 DESIRE UNCERTAINTY ITSELF IS THE REWARD 3/6 DESIRE WINNING DIMS WHAT WAS ENOUGH 4/6 DESIRE DESIRE PASSES THROUGH A MODEL 5/6 DESIRE GETTING IT JUST MOVES THE WANTING 6/6 HABIT THE CUE OUTLASTS THE REWARD 1/6 HABIT CONTEXT HOLDS THE BEHAVIOR 3/6 HABIT INTENTION LOSES TO THE INSTALLED PATH 4/6 HABIT EXTINCTION DOES NOT ERASE THE PATH 5/6 HABIT ONE SEQUENCE CHANGES THE NEXT 6/6 ATTENTION PREDICTION HIDES THE ORDINARY WORLD 1/6 ATTENTION REWARD MAKES THE CUE LOUDER 2/6 ATTENTION OPEN LOOPS KEEP TAKING ENERGY 3/6 ATTENTION THE GAP PULLS HARDER THAN THE ANSWER 4/6 ATTENTION FOUR CLAIMS FILL THE ROOM 5/6 ATTENTION FLOW IS LOW ERROR ACTION 6/6 WILLPOWER OVERRIDE IS THE EXPENSIVE PATH 1/6 WILLPOWER THE HIGHEST VALUE WINS 2/6 WILLPOWER THE NEAR REWARD GETS MORE WEIGHT 3/6 WILLPOWER UNRELIABLE WORLDS CHOOSE NOW 4/6 WILLPOWER EFFORT MAKES OTHER OPTIONS LOUDER 5/6 WILLPOWER THE BEST CONTROL DISAPPEARS 6/6 HABIT THE LABEL ARRIVES AFTER THE WIRING 2/6 HABIT ONLY FRICTION CHANGES THE RATE 3/6 HABIT ONE PATH MOVES EVERYTHING AROUND IT 4/6 HABIT OLD PATHS PERSIST UNDER NEW ONES 5/6 HABIT NEW CONTEXT SILENCES OLD CHUNKS 6/6 LEVERAGE ONE POUND OF FORCE MOVES TEN 1/7 LEVERAGE THE LEVERAGE NO ONE HAS TO GIVE YOU 2/7 LEVERAGE OPTIMIZING ANYWHERE ELSE IS THEATER 3/7 LEVERAGE SMALL DOWNSIDE, UNCAPPED UPSIDE 4/7 LEVERAGE MORE PEOPLE, LESS OUTPUT 5/7 LEVERAGE MONEY IS COMPRESSED HOURS 6/7 LEVERAGE WHAT NO ONE TESTS IS THE FULCRUM 7/7 FRICTION THE DEFAULT IS THE DECISION 1/6 FRICTION EVERY FIELD COSTS YOU REVENUE 2/6 FRICTION THREE SECONDS IS A CLIFF, NOT A SLOPE 3/6 FRICTION ADD FRICTION TO WHAT YOU DO NOT WANT 4/6 FRICTION EVERY EXTRA STEP HALVES THE OUTCOME 5/6 FRICTION TOO MANY CHOICES IS NO CHOICE 6/6 MOATS THE DOOR LOCKS AFTER THEY WALK THROUGH 1/6 MOATS EVERY NEW USER MAKES THE PRODUCT HARDER TO LEAVE 2/6 MOATS THE INCUMBENT CANNOT COPY YOU WITHOUT CANNIBALIZING ITSELF 3/6 MOATS THE NAME DOES THE WORK BEFORE YOU SHOW UP 4/6 MOATS BIG WINS BECAUSE BIG IS CHEAPER 5/6 MOATS OWN THE PIPE, NOT THE WATER 6/6 FEAR THE ALARM RANG BEFORE YOU UNDERSTOOD WHY 1/6 FEAR THE FEAR DOES NOT FADE WITHOUT EXPOSURE 2/6 FEAR REJECTION USES THE SAME CIRCUIT AS A BROKEN BONE 3/6 FEAR THE FEAR IS LARGEST BEFORE THE FIRST MOVE 4/6 FEAR DOING NOTHING IS A FEAR RESPONSE 5/6 FEAR THE ALARM DOES NOT KNOW WHAT YEAR IT IS 6/6 ATTENTION IDLE ATTENTION DRIFTS TO OPEN LOOPS 1/6 ATTENTION CAPTURE ARRIVES BEFORE CHOICE 2/6 ATTENTION EACH SWITCH RESETS THE PREDICTION MODEL 3/6 ATTENTION SHARPENING ONE CHANNEL DIMS THE REST 4/6 ATTENTION HOLDING FOCUS COSTS MORE THAN LOSING IT 5/6 ATTENTION EVERY NEW CLAIM THINS THE REST 6/6 FEAR AVOIDANCE STRENGTHENS WHAT IT AVOIDS 1/6 FEAR THE DREAD ARRIVES BEFORE THE DANGER 2/6 FEAR REHEARSAL RUNS THE CIRCUIT IT FEARS 3/6 FEAR THE SIGNAL PASSES FOR THE EVIDENCE 4/6 FEAR THE BODY COLLAPSES WHEN ESCAPE CLOSES 5/6 FEAR DANGER DIMS EVERYTHING AROUND IT 6/6

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