Anchor new behaviors to existing automatic behaviors…

Why This Is a Principle

This derives from Habits as Context-Response Associations (habits form through repeated behavior in stable contexts), When a habit forms, neural activity spikes at the cue… (when habits form, neural activity drops during the routine), and The completion of one action can serve as a discriminative… (completion of one action can cue the next). It prescribes HOW to build new habits by leveraging existing automatic behaviors rather than creating new cues from scratch. This is actionable, general, and derived rather than foundational.