Most self-improvement advice is folklore.
This wing is the antidote. Everything here is rated for how strongly the evidence actually supports it — including the popular ideas that turn out to be myths, and the famous ones scientists now argue about. No hype, no guarantees, no "one weird trick."
You will see these badges throughout this wing. We think you deserve to know how strong the ground is before you stand on it.
How habits actually form
Cue, routine, reward, repetition — and why "just decide" fails.
Read → 02The 21-day myth
It was never 21 days. The real number is kinder.
Read → 03Make it easier, not yourself stronger
Environment beats willpower. Reliably.
Read → 04Willpower — the honest page
A famous theory collapsed. Here is what survived.
Read → 05Identity, not outcomes
"Be a runner" beats "run a marathon".
Read → 06The streak trap
Why one missed day becomes eighteen.
Read → 07Dopamine, honestly
"Dopamine detox" is pseudoscience.
Read → 08Motivation is not the starting point
You do not wait to feel ready.
Read → 09How to break a bad habit
Starve it, block it, or re-route it.
Read → 10The 10,000-hour misreading
Hours were never the point.
Read → 11Journaling & gratitude, rated
Real, modest, and heavily oversold.
Read → 12Why resolutions fail
The fresh-start effect is real. The plan is not.
Read → 13The dark side of self-improvement
Permission to be a person, not a project.
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