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3 Problems With the 1 Percent Rule For Improvement

March 31, 2026 | Renée Fishman

The myth that 1 percent improvement every day will lead to exponential growth misrepresents the nature of progress and ignores the reality of human capacity.

Filed Under: Productivity Tagged With: coaching, consistency, habits, personal development, productivity, productivity myths

How Long It Really Takes To Create a Healthy Habit

March 17, 2026 | Renée Fishman

There’s a persistent myth that it takes 21 days to build a habit. The reality is that it takes much less time — and also much more time — depending on the habit.

Filed Under: Habits, Productivity Tagged With: habits, perspective, practice, rituals, routines, strategy

3 Reasons Why Exercise is Not a Habit

February 21, 2026 | Renée Fishman

Attempting to create a consistent workout practice by treating exercise like a habit are doomed to fail, because exercise is not a habit.

Filed Under: Fitness, Habits Tagged With: decision fatigue, decisions, exercise, fitness, habits, rituals, routines

4 Criteria a Reward Must Meet to Reinforce Behavior

February 16, 2026 | Renée Fishman

A core principle of behavior change is that “what gets rewarded gets reinforced.” But for this to work, the reward must meet 4 criteria.

Filed Under: Productivity Tagged With: behavior change, behavior design, habits, reinforcement, rewards

5 Reasons Why the Habit Loop Framework Fails For Intentional Behavior Change

February 13, 2026 | Renée Fishman

The common approach to habit change is based on 5 assumptions that don’t apply to the intentional behaviors that adults want to cultivate.

Filed Under: ADHD, Habits, Productivity Tagged With: behavior, behavior change, consistency, habits, habits loop, predictability, productivity, reinforcement, reward, routines

Why the Habit Loop Fails to Help You Maintain Consistent Behavior

February 12, 2026 | Renée Fishman

When we want to create a consistent practice, we often rely on the 4-part habit loop framework. In most cases, it’s the wrong tool for the job.

Filed Under: ADHD, Habits, Productivity Tagged With: action, behavior change, craving, cue, habit loop, habits, reward

How Katonah Yoga Made My Yoga Practice Practical and Purposeful

January 10, 2026 | Renée Fishman

Even though I’m a yoga teacher, I didn’t always love yoga. That changed when I discovered Katonah Yoga, which helped me see yoga as practical and purposeful.

Filed Under: Fitness, Yoga Tagged With: body, confidence, fitness, habits, home, Katonah Yoga, maps, metaphor, navigating change, practical, practice, purpose, real estate, rituals, transitions, yoga

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