Level 368 of 470
How a small habit becomes automatic: Second argument
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- Target
- 47 WPM
- Accuracy
- 96.1%
- XP
- 86
Section 3 of 5
How a small habit becomes automatic
What actually makes a habit stick?
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Introduction
Almost everyone has tried to start a habit and stopped within a month, and almost everyone explains it afterwards as a failure of willpower. That explanation is popular because it is simple, and it is usually wrong. The habits that survive tend to differ from the ones that die in structure, not in effort.
First argument
The first difference is size. A habit that requires a large block of time competes with everything else in the day, and loses on any day that goes badly. A habit small enough to complete on a bad day never has that argument, which means it is still there when the good days return.
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Notes on this level
What this level is training
This level does not introduce a new key. It drills the left index, right pinky, right index, left middle, right thumb, left ring, right ring, right middle, left pinky fingers on keys you have already met, at a target of 47 words per minute and 96.1% accuracy.
Speed at this stage comes from removing hesitation rather than from moving faster. If your accuracy is above the target but your speed is not, the gap is almost always time spent deciding, not time spent pressing.
Stuck on this level?
Most difficulty at this stage is technique rather than effort. These explain the technique.
- Keyboard finger placement chartWhich finger types which key, and why the home row matters.
- How to improve typing speedWhy speed plateaus, and the specific habits that raise a ceiling.
- How to learn touch typingWhat actually works, what to ignore, and how long it takes.
- Free typing speed testMeasure WPM, accuracy and consistency in 15 seconds to 5 minutes.