Dopamine released not only when you experience pleasure, but also when you anticipate it.
Here’s the punchline: You can break a habit, but you’re unlikely to forget it.
(a.) Alt. of Atomical
You have the power to change your beliefs about yourself. Your identity is not set in stone. You have a choice in every moment.
The focus should always be on becoming that type of person, not getting a particular outcome.
Each chunk of information that is memorized opens up the mental space for more effortful thinking.
But one push-up is better than not exercising. It’s better to do less than you hoped than to do nothing at all.
Both common sense and scientific evidence agree: reptition is a form of change.
Sometimes motion is useful, but it will never produce an outcome by itself.
The culture we live in determines which behaviors are attractive to us.
Peer pressure is bad only if you’re surrounded by bad influences.
One of the most practical ways to eliminate a bad habit is to reduce exposure to the cue that causes it.
Small habits don’t add up. They compound. That’s the power of Atomic Habits. Tiny changes. Remarkable results.
Improvements is not just about learning habits, it’s about fine-tuning them.
Genes do not determine your destiny; they determine your areas of opportunity.
With our bad habits, the immediate outcome usually feels good, but the ultimate outcome feels bad. With good habits, it is the reverse.
Positive emotions cultivate habits. Negative emotions destroy them.
Habits can be completed in a few seconds but continue to impact your behavior for minutes or hours afterward.
Each day is made up of many moments, but it is really a few habitual choices that determine the path you take.
The most effective form of learning is practice, not planning.
We do it because motion allows us to feel like we’re making progress without running the risk of failure.