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Hooked
Nir Eyal
4.12 (49000 Reviews)
Psychology
Business
Entrepreneurship
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Discover why Silicon Valley's elite swear by "Hooked" - Nir Eyal's blueprint for creating irresistible products. Using his four-step HOOK model, companies engineer digital addiction. Controversial yet revolutionary, it reveals the psychological triggers that keep billions reaching for their phones.

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The Invisible Architecture of Habit-Forming Products

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Imagine checking your phone within fifteen minutes of waking up. Sound familiar? You're not alone - 79% of smartphone owners do this. One-third of Americans would rather give up sex than lose their cell phones. This isn't random behavior; it's engineered. The most successful tech companies have mastered the art of habit formation, creating products that capture our attention and keep us coming back automatically. After studying hundreds of companies and drawing from psychology and behavioral economics research, Nir Eyal developed the Hook Model - a four-phase process explaining how products like Instagram and Pinterest hijack our attention. What makes this particularly fascinating is how it bridges business strategy and neuroscience. Our habits operate largely on autopilot, governing an estimated 40-45% of our daily actions. For businesses, creating habit-forming products delivers tremendous advantages. First, they dramatically increase customer lifetime value - Evernote discovered that after 42 months, 26% of users who initially used their free service converted to paying customers, defying traditional marketing funnels. These products also supercharge growth through viral sharing mechanisms. Facebook's domination over MySpace wasn't just about features - it was about creating shorter "Viral Cycle Time," reducing the period between user experience and invitation from days to hours. Perhaps most importantly, habit-forming products create formidable competitive advantages through behavioral lock-in. Harvard research discovered that new products must be nine times better to break users' existing habits. The most successful products often begin as "vitamins" (nice-to-haves) but transform into "painkillers" (must-haves) once the habit forms, creating genuine discomfort when not used - an "itch" that only the specific product can scratch.

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Triggers and Actions: Starting the Habit Loop

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Variable Rewards: The Addiction Engine

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The Investment Phase and User Commitment

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The Ethics of Behavioral Design

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From Theory to Practice: Building Your Hook

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Applications Beyond Product Development

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