Term
Friction
The author's image for any obstacle between you and an action. The more friction on the way to an action, the less often a person takes it.
Dopamine Detox: A Short Guide to Remove Distractions and Get Your Brain to Do Hard Things, Thibaut Meurisse
Explained in
- Dopamine Detox: A Short Guide to Remove Distractions and Get Your Brain to Do Hard Things, Thibaut Meurisse
- Good Habits, Bad Habits: The Science of Making Positive Changes That Stick, Wendy Wood
Everything standing between a person and an action: distance, time, effort, money. The greater the friction, the less often an action is repeated.
- The Human Machine, Arnold Bennett
Bennett's metaphor for the clashes, irritation and resentment of everyday life, especially between people.
- On War, Carl von Clausewitz
the sum of small real-world snags that make the simple turn difficult