The Identity Install
Frameworks in this book
Every framework The Identity Install teaches, gathered in one place. Each is paired with a workbook chapter in the book — scan, revisit, and put them to work.
Behavior Follows Identity
Claim the identity first; the behavior reorganizes around it.
Primary source: James Clear, Atomic Habits.
Discipline Now or Regret Later
Pay the small ache now or the compounded one later.
Primary source: Darren Hardy, The Compound Effect.
Environment Beats Willpower
Engineer your surroundings until the right behavior is the easy one.
Primary source: James Clear, Atomic Habits.
Habit Stacking
Attach the new habit to one that already runs on autopilot.
Primary source: James Clear, Atomic Habits.
Hope and Agency as Prerequisites
No goal works without a visible path and the belief you can walk it.
Primary sources: C. R. Snyder, Hope Theory: Rainbows in the Mind; Albert Bandura, Self-Efficacy: The Exercise of Control.
Implementation Intentions
Pre-decide the when, where, and how, so the moment runs on rails.
Primary source: Peter M. Gollwitzer, Implementation Intentions: Strong Effects of Simple Plans (1999).
Inversion
Ask how to fail first. Then refuse to do those things.
Primary source: Charles T. Munger, Poor Charlie's Almanack.
OODA Loop
Observe, orient, decide, act. Loop faster than the situation drifts.
Primary source: John Boyd, A Discourse on Winning and Losing.
Reverse Engineering from Outcome
Define the finished state in detail, then walk backward to today's step.
Primary source: Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.
Signal-to-Noise Filter
Ship only what you have lived. Everything merely read is noise.
Original to the Accelerate10x series.
Streaks Compound
Protect the chain and the chain protects the behavior.
Primary source: James Clear, Atomic Habits (never-miss-twice).
The 10-Year Horizon
Stretch the horizon to ten years and the size of possible expands.
Primary source: Dan Sullivan and Benjamin P. Hardy, 10x Is Easier Than 2x.
The 5 Decade Rule
If an idea hasn't survived fifty years, be slow to trust it.
Original to the Accelerate10x series. It applies the Lindy effect. Draws on Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Antifragile.
The Just This Once Trap
One exception costs more than one exception.
Primary source: Clayton Christensen, How Will You Measure Your Life?.
The Second Self
A named second self for the moments your default self folds.
Primary source: Todd Herman, The Alter Ego Effect.
The Start-Line Measure
Measure from the start line. The horizon never gets closer.
Primary source: Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy, The Gap and the Gain.
The Stupidly Small Floor
One pushup. One sentence. A floor so low it cannot fail.
Primary source: Stephen Guise, Mini Habits.
The Thousand-Word Future
A thousand written words about your future self, concrete enough to guide decisions today.
Primary source: Cameron Herold, Vivid Vision.
The Two-Minute Rule
Commit to the first two minutes. The rest follows.
Primary source: James Clear, Atomic Habits.
Written Commitments
Writing it down turns a wish into a contract.
Primary source: Peter M. Gollwitzer, Implementation Intentions: Strong Effects of Simple Plans (1999).