Atomic Habits

HOW LONG DOES IT ACTUALLY TAKE TO FORM A NEW HABIT? Habit formation is the process by which a behavior becomes progressively mor ...

otherwise engaged.” Both common sense and scientific evidence agree: repetition is a form of change. Each time you repeat an act ...

FIGURE 11: In the beginning (point A), a habit requires a good deal of effort and concentration to perform. After a few repetiti ...

FIGURE 12: This graph shows someone who built the habit of walking for ten minutes after breakfast each day. Notice that as the ...

take to make progress. Whether an action is fully automatic is of less importance. To build a habit, you need to practice it. An ...

I 12 The Law of Least Effort N HIS AWARD-WINNING BOOK, Guns, Germs, and Steel, anthropologist and biologist Jared Diamond points ...

FIGURE 13: The primary axis of Europe and Asia is east-west. The primary axis of the Americas and Africa is north-south. This le ...

allowed for more rapid population growth. With more people, these cultures were able to build stronger armies and were better eq ...

greater the obstacle—that is, the more difficult the habit—the more friction there is between you and your desired end state. Th ...

already along the path of your daily routine. Habits are easier to build when they fit into the flow of your life. You are more ...

Ride-sharing services reduce the friction of getting across town. Text messaging reduces the friction of sending a letter in the ...

couch, and folds the blanket. When he leaves his car, he throws any trash away. Whenever he takes a shower, he wipes down the to ...

You can also invert this principle and prime the environment to make bad behaviors difficult. If you find yourself watching too ...

Chapter Summary Human behavior follows the Law of Least Effort. We will naturally gravitate toward the option that requires the ...

T 13 How to Stop Procrastinating by Using the Two-Minute Rule WYLA THARP IS widely regarded as one of the greatest dancers and c ...

true influence of your habits is even greater than these numbers suggest. Habits are automatic choices that influence the consci ...

FIGURE 14: The difference between a good day and a bad day is often a few productive and healthy choices made at decisive moment ...

We are limited by where our habits lead us. This is why mastering the decisive moments throughout your day is so important. Each ...

hard. Walking ten thousand steps is moderately difficult. Walking ten minutes is easy. And putting on your running shoes is very ...

you’re trying to fool yourself. Nobody is actually aspiring to read one page or do one push-up or open their notes. And if you k ...