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• pkm created: ‘2026-05-04 14:40’ last_modified: ‘2026-05-04 14:40:00’ status: evergreen confidence: fact

Small wins build self-efficacy

Achieving tiny, low-stakes goals releases dopamine and proves to the brain that positive change is structurally possible. Over months, this compounds, exactly how Knowledge compounding acts like financial interest.¹

Footnotes

1. Weick, K. E. (1984). Small Wins. ↩