What does it mean that missed triggers?

When you fail to notice a trigger you need to make it more salient.

Example: You decide to do a breathing exercise every time you sit down at your desk after lunch. Three weeks in, you realize you have not done it once — not because you rejected the habit, but because you never noticed the cue. Sitting down had become so automatic that it produced zero attentional signal. You place a bright orange card on your keyboard before you leave for lunch. Now you cannot sit down without physically moving the card — and the trigger fires every time.

Try this: Pick one trigger you have set for yourself that consistently fails to fire. Write it down. Then ask: Is the cue perceptually distinct from its background? Does it interrupt my current attentional focus? Is it tied to a moment when I have cognitive bandwidth to notice it? Redesign the trigger using at least two salience-amplification strategies from this lesson. Run the redesigned trigger for five days and record the hit rate.