Concept

Keystone Identity

An identity whose adoption naturally pulls many other behaviours into alignment, making broad change more efficient.

A keystone identity is chosen for leverage: rather than changing habits one at a time, you adopt a single identity that carries a whole cluster of behaviours with it.

The right keystone makes downstream habits feel obvious instead of effortful, because they're simply what that kind of person does.

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Related concepts

Identity-Based Change

A model of behaviour change that edits self-image first, on the premise that behaviour follows identity rather than the reverse.

Identity Vote

The idea that every small action counts as a vote for the identity that action belongs to.

Self-Image

The internal picture of who you are that silently determines which behaviours feel natural and which feel like 'not me.'

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