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Build the keystone behavior first and allow downstream

Build the keystone behavior first and allow downstream practices to emerge organically from the existence of captured material rather than designing comprehensive workflows upfront.

Why This Is a Principle

Derives from Habits as Context-Response Associations (habit formation) and Complex systems that work evolved from simple systems that (complex systems evolve from simple ones). The principle prescribes letting organizational complexity emerge from use rather than designing it preemptively. This applies Duhigg's keystone habit concept as a general design principle for cognitive systems.

Source Lessons

L-0010

The capture habit precedes all systems

No productivity or thinking system works without a reliable capture reflex. The system is not the bottleneck — the habit that feeds it is.

Connections

Derived From (2)

AxiomHabits as Context-Response Associations AxiomComplex systems that work evolved from simple systems that

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