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Final exam: Build Better Habits

Ten questions, seven to pass. This tests whether the course's key ideas actually stuck — not trivia, the concepts that matter. Pass and you bank 100 XP.

1. What is ‘The Values Filter’?

A filter for your social media feed Running every decision through your three core values before saying yes Filtering your friends list once a year A morning routine for your eyes and mind

2. Why do habits beat motivation?

Motivation is a myth Motivation is weather, systems are climate Habits are faster than motivation You can't have both at once

3. Your friend is offered a high-paying project that clashes with all three of her core values. She asks you what the course says. What do you tell her?

Take it and donate half the money Take it — values can wait Run it through the Values Filter Ask her horoscope first

4. What does a Sensory Audit review?

What your five senses absorb weekly How good your eyesight is Your hearing test results What you ate last Tuesday

5. What are the five daily choices?

Eat, sleep, work, rest, play Thoughts, words, places, habits, people Monday through Friday Coffee, lunch, dinner, snacks, dessert

6. The Gratitude Loop says:

Gratitude replaces all other habits Gratitude builds self-belief, self-belief deepens gratitude You should only feel grateful when things go well Gratitude is a one-time exercise

7. A Maker-profile person keeps failing at a habit built around leading group accountability calls. What's the course's diagnosis?

They need more discipline They should become a Guide The habit doesn't match their profile They should quit the habit

8. What is the relapse rule?

If you miss once, start over completely One miss is a data point, two misses is a signal — never miss twice Missing is fine as long as you feel bad about it You get three strikes, then the course is over

9. What is an anchor habit?

A habit you do on a boat at sea One small non-negotiable action that holds the rest of your routine in place The hardest habit in your whole system A habit that takes at least an hour daily

10. Which of these is a properly specific gratitude journal entry?

"I'm grateful for everything good in my whole life" "I'm grateful my neighbor left soup at my door when I was sick" "Grateful for family, I guess, and other stuff too" "Grateful for things"