Chapter 9 Habits and Learning

DOI: 10.4324/9781003439691-12

Let us start with a fundamental chart, with the certainty that you have seen this pattern at least once (Figure 9.1).

Figure 9.1 The learning curve (skill and commitment). Personal elaboration.

Let us make it more concrete and specific, by analyzing nine out of ten people’s habits: drinking coffee—a case study from the book Compound Effect by Darren Hardy (Figure 9.2) (Hardy, 2022).

Figure 9.2 Cost of the habit $4 coffee per day in 20 years. Personal elaboration.

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