"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."
— Aristotle
The 7 Micro-Habits
The 15-Minute Switch
01
Name the decision out loud.
Write it in one sentence. If you can't write it in one sentence, you don't have a decision problem — you have a clarity problem.
02
Set a 15-minute timer.
List only two things: the worst realistic outcome if this goes wrong, and the cost of waiting another 30 days. The risk of action is almost always smaller than the cost of inaction.
03
Decide before the timer ends.
Then do one physical thing to commit. Send the email. Buy the domain. Make the call. The moment you create a consequence, your brain stops negotiating.
Fifteen minutes. One decision. No extensions.
The Architecture
Trigger → Micro-Action → Identity Anchor
Trigger: An existing automatic moment in your day.
Micro-Action: The behavior stripped to its smallest possible form. Not "exercise" — put on your shoes.
Identity Anchor: Close the loop: This is who I am now. Present tense. Current identity.