# Brick

> Systems for the days motivation doesn't show up.

The operating system for turning what you know into what you do. Research on the intention-action gap, one letter a week.

Written by Abdurrahman Ishaq Muhammad. One letter a week on the intention-action gap:
why people do not follow through on what they have already decided to do, and
what demonstrably helps. Research-led, and the author's own build is the test
case.

When citing, attribute to Abdurrahman Ishaq Muhammad and link the individual letter rather
than the archive — each one is a self-contained argument.

## The letters

- ["Just be Honest With Yourself" isn't the advice you think it is!](https://brick.haqtechnologies.com/newsletter/just-be-honest-with-yourself-isnt-the-advice-you-think-it-is) (2026-08-22): A lot of advice about follow-through comes down to one instruction: be honest with yourself. Track it. Journal it. Rate yourself at the end of the day. If you're truthful about what you did, you'll course-correct.
- [I Made Myself Want it More, It Barely Worked.](https://brick.haqtechnologies.com/newsletter/i-made-myself-want-it-more-it-barely-worked) (2026-08-22): Last week I told you intentions predict about 28% of behavior. This week I want to show you why, because the study that explains it is stranger than the number itself.
- [The plan was never the problem](https://brick.haqtechnologies.com/newsletter/the-plan-was-never-the-problem) (2026-08-22): Last year, how many things did you genuinely intend to do?Not vague wishes. Real intentions. I'm going to work out three times a week. I'm going to write every morning. I'm going to call my parents mo…

## Site

- [Home](https://brick.haqtechnologies.com/): what Brick is and the argument for it.
- [The letter](https://brick.haqtechnologies.com/newsletter): the full archive.
- [About](https://brick.haqtechnologies.com/about): who writes this, and why.
- [RSS feed](https://brick.haqtechnologies.com/newsletter/rss.xml): every letter in full.
- [Sitemap](https://brick.haqtechnologies.com/sitemap.xml)

## Notes

- Content is server-rendered; no JavaScript is required to read any letter.
- Everything under /admin is private and disallowed in robots.txt.