Copy John is a free daily habits newsletter: one documented habit from history’s greats, every day, in about three minutes to read.
Each issue picks one person, one specific thing they actually did, and whether it survives contact with a normal life. No morning-routine worship, and no upsell.
What is in the daily habits newsletter
- A specific habit from a specific person, sourced rather than invented.
- Why it worked for them, including the context most write-ups leave out.
- How to use it this week, or a plain warning when you should not.
Recent topics
Why Napoleon did not really sleep four hours a night. How Churchill got two working days out of one. Why the Da Vinci sleep schedule has no source at all. What Hemingway did every time the writing was going well.
Read before you subscribe
If you would rather see the work first, the site groups every article by the problem it solves:
- How to be more disciplined
- How to wake up early
- How to focus better
- How to stop procrastinating
- How to stop being lazy
The deal
You give an email address. You get one genuinely useful habit a day, and your details are never sold to anyone.