Superhabits - the journey so far

In the next few posts, I'd like to get into the nitty gritty of how exactly to grow in superhabits/virtues. But before I do that, I thought it would be helpful to give a summary of my first 12 posts. (This was inspired in part because yesterday I uploaded two posts at the same time, by accident – the second one was supposed to go up today; it occurred to me that some of you may have missed one of them, or one of the previous ones.) So, here goes, in 12 (or so) sentences:

1. Life is harder than it needs to be, because we're missing a particular set of important capabilities.
2. Consulting firms are starting to write about how important these capabilities are.
3. Positive psychology research shows that each of these capabilities is a superpower, making us more effective, happier, and healthier.
4. Anyone can develop any of these capabilities, because they are all habits, and we know all about how to develop habits, thanks to the great work of Charles Duhigg , James Clear , and others.
5. But it's not just a question of building any habit – there is a particular set of habits that has been the underpinning of some of the greatest civilizations in human history, across continents and millennia.
6. This set of habits holds tremendous potential for our society. Why isn't there more excitement about it? Is it because of the elephant problem?
7. Or is it because of the different meanings, to different people, of the V-word, "virtue"?
8. To avoid the V-word problems, I'm proposing the word "superhabits." Here's how superhabits are different from regular habits.
9. Superhabits lead to greater happiness.
10. Based on the work of the medieval philosopher and theologian Thomas Aquinas, we can identify a complete system of superhabits.
11. I call it the Anatomy of Virtue. It covers every dimension of life: material and spiritual, intellectual and practical, thoughts, actions, and feelings. (In this post I shared the Anatomy of Virtue "wheel" graphic).
12. At the heart of the practical dimension of life are the four cardinal virtues, which address our thoughts, actions, and feelings of fear and desire respectively.

I'm going to take a few days off in honor of the 4th of July weekend, and I'll be back Monday to start diving into how exactly to grow in superhabits. The first question I want to tackle is why does it seem so hard?