Atomic Habits

Your actions reveal how badly you want something. If you keep saying something is a priority but you never act on it, then you don’t really want it. It’s time to have an honest conversation with yourself. Your actions reveal your true motivations.

Habits are the compound interest of self-improvement

I knew that if things were going to improve, I was the one responsible for making it happen

Many people begin the process of changing their habits by focusing on what they want to achieve. This leads us to outcome-based habits. The alternative is to build identity-based habits. With this approach, we start by focusing on who we wish to become

Breakthrough moments are often the result of many previous actions, which build up the potential required to unleash a major change

It is so easy to overestimate the importance of one defining moment and underestimate the value of making small improvements on a daily basis.

Every action you take is a vote for the person you wish to become