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Self, Habits & Behavioral Science Exploration

LEARNING PLAN

Self, Habits & Behavioral Science Exploration

This learning plan bridges the gap between psychological theory and practical self-mastery by applying behavioral science to daily life. It is ideal for professionals and lifelong learners seeking to optimize their productivity, decision-making, and personal identity through systematic change.

ByCommunity User
2 h 26 m
12 coursesUpdated 7 days ago
The Weird Wiring of Your BrainThinking, fast and slowThe Hidden Psychology of Choice12 sources

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Each episode delivers bite-sized, high-impact lessons distilled from world-class sources — bestselling books, research papers, and expert insights. Together, they form a sophisticated yet accessible path to mastering Self, Habits & Behavioral Science Exploration.

What You'll Learn

  • Decode your brain's behavioral operating system to understand why you make specific choices.
  • Master the neurological loops required to build lasting positive habits and eliminate destructive ones.
  • Identify and neutralize cognitive biases that lead to systematic thinking errors and poor decisions.
  • Implement evidence-based frameworks to improve rational decision-making and mental clarity.
  • Redesign your physical environment and identity to sustain long-term behavioral transformation.

Discover how your brain makes decisions, forms patterns, and creates the psychological foundation that drives all your actions and choices.

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The Weird Wiring of Your Brain

Behavioral science reveals hidden forces driving our everyday choices.

1 m
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Thinking, fast and slow

Insights into human decision-making and cognitive biases

8 m
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Predictably IrrationalHow to DecideThe Art of ChoosingScarcity
21 sources
The Hidden Psychology of Choice

Explore how our decisions are shaped by unconscious biases, emotional drivers, and cognitive shortcuts—and why even brilliant minds fall into predictable traps. Discover frameworks that explain the gap between our rational and emotional decision systems.

52 m

Master the neurological patterns behind habit creation and learn evidence-based strategies to build lasting positive behaviors while breaking unwanted ones.

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Atomic Habits

Comprehensive guide to building good habits and breaking bad ones.

8 m
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Power of Habit

Understanding and changing habits

9 m
Decode the habit loop

Understand the four-stage neurological pattern that drives all automatic behaviors.

1 m

Uncover the systematic thinking errors that sabotage your choices and develop practical frameworks for making clearer, more rational decisions.

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The Art of Thinking Clearly

Uncover cognitive biases and logical fallacies to make better decisions in all aspects of life through 99 insightful chapters.

8 m
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Predictably Irrational

Explores hidden forces shaping our decisions, revealing systematic irrationality in human behavior through engaging experiments and real-world applications.

9 m
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Nudge: The Final EditionNoise: A Flaw in Human JudgmentInfluence: The Psychology of PersuasionSuperforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction
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The Mind's Hidden Shortcuts: How Psychological Biases Shape Decisions

Discover how your brain's automatic shortcuts secretly influence every decision you make. Drawing from Daniel Kahneman's 'Thinking, Fast and Slow,' Julia Galef's 'Scout Mindset,' and Thaler & Sunstein's 'Nudge,' learn practical tools to recognize and outsmart these mental patterns in work and life.

12 m

Transform your understanding into systematic change by redesigning your identity, environment, and decision-making systems for sustained growth.

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The Identity-Goals Feedback Loop

Identity shapes habits; habits transform who you become.

1 m
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Nudge

Using small changes to guide better decisions on health, wealth, and happiness.

9 m
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[PDF] Toward a Theory of Behavioral Operations - Harvard Business SchoolPredictably IrrationalThinking, Fast and SlowBehavioral Operations: Past, Present, and Future
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Why Smart People Make Predictably Irrational Workplace Decisions

Discover how behavioral operations reveals the hidden psychology behind workplace decision-making. Learn why our brains consistently trick us and how to design systems that work with human nature, not against it.

8 m

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