1604 || old dog, new tricks

You can, in fact, teach an old dog new tricks - if you use a couple of old ones.

Habits are formed and reinforced through repetition, salience (how much it stands out), time, intensity, specificity. Today we talk about what that means.

1. https://www.carolinafnc.com/post/10-principles-of-neuroplasticity
2. https://www.joincarbon.com/blog/the-neuroscience-of-habit-formation

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