Glossary / Friction

Friction

Anything that makes a desired behavior harder.

Remove friction for good habits, add it for bad ones. App in dock = low friction; app on home screen of locked phone in drawer = high friction.

Related

• Environment Design — Shaping your physical and digital surroundings to enable habits.

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