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 Atomic Habits 

by James Clear

Atomic Habits is the definitive guide to breaking bad behaviors and adopting good ones in four steps. It shows you how small, incremental, everyday routines compound into massive, positive change over time.

James Clear is one of the world's leading experts on habit formation. In this life changing book Atomic Habits, James Clear reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, and break bad ones that delay the desirable results.

James Clear says that bad habits repeat themselves again and again not because you don't want to change, but because you have the wrong system for change. You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems. He explains a proven system that can take you to new heights.

James Clear gives you the tools and strategies you need to transform your habits - whether you are a student aiming to score top marks, or a team looking to win a championship, or you simply wish to lose weight, reduce stress, or achieve any other goal.

Clear draws on the most proven ideas from biology, psychology, and neuroscience to create an easy-to-understand guide for making good habits inevitable and bad habits impossible. Along the way, readers will be inspired and entertained with true stories from Olympic gold medalists, award-winning artists, business leaders, life-saving physicians, and star comedians who have used the science of small habits to master their craft and vault to the top of their field.

In this book you learn how to:

• make time for new habits.
• overcome a lack of motivation and willpower.
• design your environment to make success easier.
• get back on track when you fall off course.

Key Takeaways

• Every time we perform a habit, we execute a four-step pattern: cue, craving, response, reward.
• If we want to form new habits, we should make them obvious, attractive, easy, and satisfying.
• You can use a habit tracker as a fun way to measure your progress and make sure you don’t fall off the wagon.

Favorite Quote 

“Habits are the compound interest of self-improvement.” — James Clear