Atomic Habits: Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results

reading resources
Atomic Habits newsletter, 
257
business applications of habit strategies, 
265
parenting applications of habit strategies, 
267
recovering when habits break down, 
200
–202
reflection and review
author’s Annual Review and Integrity Report, 
245
–46
benefits of, 
246
–47
Career Best Effort program (CBE) example, 
242
–44
Chris Rock example, 
245
Eliud Kipchoge example, 
244
–45
flexibility and adaptation, 
247
–49
importance of, 
244
–45
Katie Ledecky example, 
245
reframing habits to highlight their benefits, 
131
–32
reinforcement, 
191
–93
repetition
as active practice of a new habit, 
144
automaticity, 
144
–46
to master a habit, 
143
photography class example of active practice, 
141
–42, 
144
responding to things based on emotions, 
261
–62
rewards
after sacrifice, 
262
immediate vs. delayed, 
187
–90
purpose of, 
49
reinforcement, 
191
–93
training yourself to delay gratification, 
190
–93
variable rewards, 
235
“wanting” vs. “liking,” 
106
–108, 
263
Riis, Jacob, 
21
Riley, Michael, 
60
Riley, Pat, 
242
–44
Ritty, James, 
171
–72
Robins, Lee, 
91
–92
sacrifice, 
262
satisfaction
as the completion of the habit loop, 
186
and expectations, 
262
–63
pleasurable sensory experiences, 
184
–86
2nd Law of Behavior Change (Make It Attractive)
ABC Thursday night TV lineup example, 
109
desire for approval, respect, and praise, 
121
–22
habit tracking, 
198
highly engineered versions of reality, 
104

making the cues of bad habits unattractive, 
126
supernormal stimuli, 
102
temptation bundling, 
108
–11
Seinfeld, Jerry, 
196
–97
self-control
controlling the environment to achieve, 
92
–93
cue-induced wanting, 
93
–94
difficulty of, 
262
riding and smoking example of controlling your environment, 
93
as a short-term strategy, 
95
the senses
Safeguard soap example, 
184
–85
toothpaste example of a satisfying behavior change, 
186
vision, 
84
, 
85
–87
Wrigley chewing gum example, 
185
showing up, mastering the art of, 
163
–64, 
201
–202, 
236
Skinner, B. F., 
9
–10, 
235
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smoking, quitting, 
32
, 
125
–26
social media, 
174
–75
social norms
Asch’s social conformity line experiments, 
118
–20
downside of going along with the group, 
120
–21
herd mentality, 
115
imitation of others’ habits
the close, 
116
–18
the many, 
118
–21
the powerful, 
121
–22
solution phase of a habit loop, 
51
–53
Sorites Paradox, 
251
–52
starting a habit, 
71
–72
Steele, Robert, 
91
Stern, Hawkins, 
83
success
accepting where your strengths are, 
218
–19
importance of feeling successful, 
190
suffering, 
262
suggestion impulse buying, 
83
supernormal stimuli, 
102
Suroweicki, James, 
154
System 1 vs. System 2 thinking, 
232
n, 
261
systems
changes to solve problems, 
25
as a cycle of continuous improvement, 
26
–27
vs. goals, 
23
–24
technology

for automating a habit, 
173
–75
social media, 
174
–75
temptation bundling, 
108
–11
3rd Law of Behavior Change (Make It Easy)
agricultural expansion example of using the least effort, 
149
–51
energy requirements and likelihood of action, 
151
–52
friction associated with a behavior, 
152
–58
garden hose example of reducing friction, 
153
“gateway habit,” 
163
Japanese factory example of addition by subtraction, 
154
–55
making the cues of bad habits difficult, 
169
–70
onetime actions that lead to better habits, 
172
–74
Principle of Least Action, 
151
n
repetition as the key to habit formation, 
146
–47
Two-Minute Rule, 
162
–67
Twyla Tharp example of a daily ritual, 
159
–60
Thorndike, Anne, 
81
–82
Thorndike, Edward, 
43
–44
time inconsistency, 
188
–89
Tinbergen, Niko, 
101
–102
toothpaste example of a satisfying behavior change, 
186
tracking a habit
automated, 
199
combining habit stacking with habit tracking, 
200
manual, 
199
–200
usefulness of, 
202
–204
trajectory of your current path, 
18
two-step process of changing your identity, 
39
–40
Uelsmann, Jerry, 
141
–42
Ulysses pact (Ulysses contract), 
170
n
underlying motives and cravings, 
127
–28, 
130
Valley of Disappointment, 
20
, 
22
variable rewards, 
235
Vietnam War heroin addiction problem, 
91
–92
vision
impact on human behavior, 
84
obvious visual cues, 
85
–87
visual measurements, 
195
–96
weight loss
nonscale victories, 
203
–204
using a habit contract to ensure, 
208
–209

Yerkes-Dodson law, 
232
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