Atomic Habits

ugly and insanely long first drafts into a tight, readable manuscript. And I
am thankful to Anne Barngrover for her ability to add a little class and
poetic style to my writing.
I’d like to thank the many people who read early versions of the
manuscript, including Bruce Ammons, Darcey Ansell, Tim Ballard, Vishal
Bhardwaj, Charlotte Blank, Jerome Burt, Sim Campbell, Al Carlos, Nicky
Case, Julie Chang, Jason Collins, Debra Croy, Roger Dooley, Tiago Forte,
Matt Gartland, Andrew Gierer, Randy Giffen, Jon Giganti, Adam Gilbert,
Stephan Guyenet, Jeremy Hendon, Jane Horvath, Joakim Jansson, Josh
Kaufman, Anne Kavanagh, Chris Klaus, Zeke Lopez, Cady Macon, Cyd
Madsen, Kiera McGrath, Amy Mitchell, Anna Moise, Stacey Morris, Tara-
Nicholle Nelson, Taylor Pearson, Max Shank, Trey Shelton, Jason Shen,
Jacob Zangelidis, and Ari Zelmanow. The book benefited greatly from your
feedback.
To the team at Avery and Penguin Random House who made this book a
reality, thank you. I owe a debt of special thanks to my publisher, Megan
Newman, for her endless patience as I continually pushed back deadlines.
She gave me the space I needed to create a book I was proud of and
championed my ideas at every step. To Nina, for her ability to transform my
writing while still retaining my original message. To Lindsay, Farin, Casey,
and the rest of the PRH team for spreading the message of this book to
more people than I could ever reach on my own. To Pete Garceau, for
designing a beautiful cover for this book.
And to my agent, Lisa DiMona, for her guidance and insight at every
step of the publishing process.
To the many friends and family members who asked “How’s the book
going?” and offered a word of encouragement when I inevitably replied
“Slowly”—thank you. Every author faces a few dark moments when
writing a book, and one kind word can be enough to get you to show up
again the next day.
I am sure there are people I have forgotten, but I keep an updated list of
anyone who has influenced my thinking in meaningful ways at
jamesclear.com/thanks.
And finally, to you. Life is short and you have shared some of your
precious time with me by reading this book. Thank you.
—May 2018