7 Powerful Lessons to Transform Your Life From Atomic Habits

Akriti Mishra
Sep 07, 2024

Your Habit can Compound for You

Tiny, consistent improvements can compound over time, resulting in significant positive changes. The key is to consistently stick to 1% improvement daily.

Focus on Systems, Not Goals

Everyone has goals but not everyone achieves them. Goals give you direction, but systems (daily habits) ensure progress. To achieve goals, you need to focus on the process that leads to them.

Habit Stacking

To build new habits, stack them onto existing ones. For instance, if you already brush your teeth every morning, you can add a new habit like reading a page of a book immediately after brushing.

The Four Laws of Behavior Change

The process of building a habit can be divided into four simple steps: cue (make it obvious), craving ( Make it attractive), response ( make it easy), and reward (make it satisfying).

Identity-Based Habits

Instead of focusing solely on what you want to achieve, concentrate on the type of person you want to become. When your habits align with your identity, change becomes more sustainable.

Temptation bundling

Pair your actions of what you want with what you need to do to achieve. For example: I want to check phone (want), I will study or work for 1 hour (need)

Environment Matters

Your surroundings have a profound impact on your habits. By designing your environment to make good habits easier and bad ones harder, you set yourself up for success

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