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Katy Milkman

How to Change; temptation bundling.

Katy Milkman is a professor at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and co-founder of the Behaviour Change for Good Initiative. Her research applies behavioural science to health, savings, and habit formation. She is best known for coining 'temptation bundling' — pairing effortful tasks with enjoyable rewards — and for her 2021 book How to Change.

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Rank #76·How to Change; temptation bundling.
Frameworks

Attributed to Katy Milkman

Mental models, principles, and operating frameworks extracted from sources where Katy is the credited author or speaker.

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Commitment Devices for Behavior Change
Lock your future self into good decisions before temptation arrives
Self-Mastery·from Katy Milkman on "How to Change" - Think Better Speaker Series
Domains

Framework distribution

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Self-Mastery1 framework · 0%
Bibliography

Sources by Katy Milkman

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Book
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How to Change
Book
Podcast
2021
Katy Milkman on "How to Change" - Think Better Speaker Series
Podcast·2 frameworks extracted
Appears alongside

Top neighbors of Katy Milkman

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Adam Alter
Drunk Tank Pink; Irresistible; cue-driven behavior research.
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Adam Galinsky
power and decision-making.
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Amos Tversky
heuristics-and-biases program; Prospect Theory co-author.
1shared list
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Anders Ericsson
deliberate practice.
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Andrei Shleifer
noise traders; inefficient markets.
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Annie Duke
Thinking in Bets; resulting fallacy.
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Antonio Damasio
somatic-marker hypothesis.
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Barbara Mellers
Good Judgment Project co-PI; forecasting accuracy.
1shared list
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10 May 2026
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