About the author

David Shelley

David Shelley is the author of Compounding Momentum and Compounding Momentum: The Companion Workbook, a two-book system for readers who need change to hold after the first burst of motivation fades.

The work

A practical system for the layer beneath the habit.

The books translate the same central idea into two forms: the main book explains the operating system, and the workbook turns it into repeated diagnosis, planning, tracking, and review.

Main book
Compounding Momentum, the seven-layer model for lasting change.
Workbook
Templates, trackers, and implementation surfaces for the same model.
Live route
The Kindle edition is the current confirmed purchase path.

Seven layers

The author page should make the system easier to place.

Compounding Momentum is organized around seven layers: diagnose, identity, habits, decisions, energy, environment, and evolution. The point is not to collect more advice. It is to find the layer that keeps making the useful advice collapse.

  1. DiagnoseFind the pattern running underneath the failed plan.
  2. IdentityRewrite the self-image that keeps selecting the old route.
  3. HabitsBuild repeatable action without asking willpower to do every job.
  4. DecisionsProtect judgment when choice load and fatigue rise.
  5. EnergyManage the batteries that decide whether the system can run.
  6. EnvironmentMake the useful action easier to see and repeat.
  7. EvolutionReview, adapt, and keep the system alive under change.

Reader routes

Choose the next page by what you need to decide.

The Kindle edition of Compounding Momentum is the only live purchase. The workbook is the practice companion and is not listed yet. Chapter 1 is on the site if you want to read first.

Buy on AmazonKindle edition of Compounding Momentum. Amazon handles checkout. The bookWhat the seven-layer system covers, and the live Kindle path. The workbookPractice companion. Not listed on Amazon yet. Read Chapter 1Open the sample and the Seven-Layer Audit on this site. Scan reader notesUse short notes when you need one idea before the full book. Check availabilitySee live and upcoming formats without guessing at purchase state. Ask safelyUse support for access, refund, format, or order-route questions.