Atomic Habits

Lesson 1: Small habits make a big difference

• It doesn’t matter how successful or unsuccessful you are right now. What matters is whether your habits are putting you on the path toward success.
• Focus on getting 1 percent better every day.

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Lesson 2: Forget about setting goals. Focus on your system instead.

• You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.
• If you’re having trouble changing your habits, the problem isn’t you. The problem is your system. Bad habits repeat themselves again and again not because you don’t want to change, but because you have the wrong system for change.
• Atomic Habits presents a proven system for building good habits and breaking bad ones.

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Lesson 3: Build identity-based habits

• To change your behavior for good, you need to start believing new things about yourself. You need to build identity-based habits.
• Your identity emerges out of your habits. Every action is a vote for the type of person you wish to become.
• The process of building a habit can be divided into four simple steps: cue, craving, response, and reward.
• We can transform these four steps into a practical framework that we can use to design good habits and eliminate bad ones.

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Final Summary

• Breaking your bad habits and sticking to good ones.
• Avoiding the common mistakes most people make when changing habits.
• Overcoming a lack of motivation and willpower.
• Developing a stronger identity and believing in yourself.
• Making time for new habits.
• Designing your environment to make success easier.
• Making tiny, easy changes that deliver big results.
• Getting back on track when you get off course.
• Learning how to put these ideas into practice in real life.