Mostafa Nabhani

“The secret to getting results that last is to never stop making improvements. […] Small habits don’t add up. They compound. That’s the power of atomic habits. Tiny changes. Remarkable results.” Atomic Habits is powerful book for anyone who is looking to improve their lives. The book start by explaining the power of habits. How a 1% improvement everyday can completely change your life, if you are consistent and patient. However, it mentions how we approach building new habits completely wrong. And that’s by beginning with what we want to achieve, hoping that we stick to the process, and thus changing our selves. While the correct way to approach adopting habits is the exact opposite: we change the way we see ourselves, so we do things differently, and thus get the outcome we want. For example, saying that you are trying to stop smoking doesn’t work because you still see yourself as a smoker, struggling to quite. Conversely, saying that you don’t smoke anymore is way more powerful because you don’t see yourself as a smoker anymore, and so you won’t smoke. James Clear then explains how human behavior commonly operate: We usually notice something (cue), we want it (craving), so we get it (response), which makes us satisfied (reward). So He built a system to adopt good habits or break bad ones that target each step of this cycle, and he refers to them as laws: • Law 1: Make it obvious (or invisible for bad habits) • Law 2: Make it attractive (or unattractive) • Law 3: Make it easy (or difficult) • Law 4: Make it satisfying (or unsatisfying) This system makes implementing these laws in your life easy and practical. Each chapter is an idea that you can start using now. And this, in my opinion, is what makes this book so valuable and set it apart from many self-help books.