The Power of Habit — Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

I picked this up shortly after Unfu*k Yourself, and it was the book that turned motivation into mechanics. Duhigg explains the habit loop — cue, routine, reward — and why we fall into patterns without realizing it. Understanding how habits actually work gave me something to build on when willpower alone wasn't enough.

Between the mindset shift and the science, things were really in motion. This is where the work started compounding.