What is compound triggers?

Example: You want to practice deep breathing before difficult conversations. A single trigger — 'when I feel anxious' — fires constantly: before emails, during traffic, scrolling news. It is too broad to be useful. But stack three conditions — 'when I feel my chest tighten AND I am about to enter a meeting AND the meeting involves a difficult topic' — and the trigger fires only when you actually need it. The compound condition eliminated dozens of false positives per day while preserving every true activation.

This concept is part of Trigger Design in the How to Think curriculum.