How Long Does It Take to Form a Habit? What Lally et al. (2010) Actually Found
A Close Reading of the Most-Cited Habit Formation Study If you’ve ever heard that “it takes 66 days to form a habit,” the number comes from one study: Lally et al. (2010), published in the European…
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