Habit Systems and Behavior Design
A chapter each on cue, routine and reward, then a four-step method and a blueprint for designing any habit.
If you need to explain how habits form, or learn it well enough to use it, a loose summary will not carry a session. This deck gives each part of the loop its own chapter, with examples, so you can present it or study it in an afternoon.
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This is a ready-to-use, editable PowerPoint deck of about 50 slides explaining the cue-routine-reward habit loop and how to design with it. It covers cues, cravings, rewards, a four-step design method and a blueprint template. It suits professionals, students, creators and trainers who want the model explained clearly.
Chapter 1 sets the scene with your life as the sum of your habits, the often-quoted claim that a large share of daily actions are habitual, and willpower versus systems. Chapter 2 unpacks the three-part loop and its origin in MIT research on rats, popularised by Charles Duhigg, and uses Lisa's 3 PM cookie case to show why removing the visible behaviour is not enough.
Three chapters then take the loop apart. Deconstructing the cue covers five cue types (location, time, emotional state, other people and the preceding action) with a 3 PM coffee example. Understanding the routine looks at physical, mental and emotional routines and the craving behind them. The reward chapter covers four reward types (pleasure, relief, achievement and social connection) and the dopamine link.
The design chapters turn this into a method: identify the loop over five to seven days with an observation tracker, design cues with implementation intentions (the book-on-the-pillow example), design routines with temptation bundling and the Two-Minute Rule, and design immediate, intrinsic and identity rewards. You also get habit stacking, a Habit Design Blueprint template and a myth-versus-reality slide on the 21-day rule, citing UCL research on how long habits take.
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Present chapters 2 to 5 in order. Each chapter works as a standalone 10 to 15 minute segment.
Hand out the Habit Design Blueprint and have each person design one habit around a cue they already notice.
Use the cue and reward comparison slides as a quick review of the model, with the sources named on the slides to follow up.
Download the deck instantly, open it in PowerPoint, Keynote or Google Slides, and edit it to suit your audience. Begin with the observation tracker on slide 28.
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Yes. It is a standard .pptx file with editable text, shapes and tables, so you can change wording, colours and order and add your own examples. It opens in PowerPoint and Keynote, and you can upload it to Google Drive to open in Google Slides. Layouts can shift slightly if a font is missing, so check the slides before presenting.
This deck is part of Habit Systems and Behavior Design, ten decks sold singly for INR 99 (USD 1.49) or together for INR 599 (USD 7.99). The others are: 12-Week Goal Systems; Accountability Rituals; Breaking Bad Habit Loops; Environment Design for Better Habits; Habit Reviews and Scoring; Habit Tracker Design Principles; Identity-Based Habits; Micro-Habits for Busy Adults; Streak Systems Without Burnout.
Both. Each of the cue, routine and reward chapters can be presented as a standalone segment, and the blueprint template suits self-study.
Charles Duhigg's cue-routine-reward loop, with ideas from James Clear and BJ Fogg credited on the slides. It is an independent teaching deck, not affiliated with or endorsed by those authors.
Roughly half and half. Chapters 2 to 5 explain the model, and chapters 6 to 8 are a four-step method, advanced strategies and a blueprint template.
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Yes. It is standard PowerPoint (.pptx), so you can change text, add your logo and remove slides. It opens in PowerPoint, Keynote and Google Slides.
Because it is a digital download, files are not refundable once downloaded. We always refund a duplicate charge or a failed delivery, and if a file is corrupted and we cannot fix it within 3 working days. Full terms: bodhih.org/refunds.
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Turn what you take from this deck into an individual development plan (IDP) on Jobulary, starting with one habit you will design with a cue, routine and reward and a review date.
Bodhih Training delivers live corporate programmes on habit formation and behaviour design.
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