Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

Atomic Habits is a Leaf Non-Fiction book focused on successful habit building.

Plateau of Latent Potential -> Plateau where results flat line or do not change with a new practice. Habits must be stuck with to break through this plateau and see larger results
Systems (process) over goals -> the score will take care of itself
- Goals can be too binary (win/lose)
Habits build and change identity, identity shapes habits
Every action is a vote for the type of person you wish to become
Focus on who you wish to become, not the results you wish to achieve
The most effective way to change your habits is to focus not on what you want to achieve, but on who you wish to become.
Habits are meant to solve life’s problems with as little effort as possible
Applying the Ideas to Business
Applying the Ideas to parenting
The Habit Scorecard is a method of tracking your daily habits, this is a useful survey to conduct before deciding what habits to add or remove. A template of the scorecard can be found here
When trying to implement a new habit, use an implementation intention. Develop a concrete plan on how you will accomplish the action. A simple template is: “When situation X arises, I will perform response Y” or “I will do <Activity> at <Time> in <Location>”.

How habits are built