Tiny Habits The Small Changes That Change Everything
Reviews
A simple, straight forward method forcefully turned into a lengthy, over-complicated book. This would’ve been great as an article - but as a book it is a pain to go through.
Unpopular opinion? : this is better than Atomic Habits
While only an excerpt, I can see the beginnings of a well written and helpful book. Tiny Habits puts me in the mind of Eat that Frog by Brian Tracy and a small portion of Getting Things Done by David Allen. Each has a part that focuses on the small modifications becoming large habits. I can't wait til publication so I can read the rest!
https://volkanyorulmaz.medium.com/tin... How long does it take for habits to grow to their full expression? There is no universal answer. Any advice you hear about a habit taking twenty-one or sixty days to fully form is not entirely accurate. There is no magic number of days. Why? Because the formation time of a habit depends on three things. The person doing the habit The habit itself (the action) The context In fact, it’s the interaction between these elements that determines how difficult (or easy) it is to form the habit. That’s why no one can say for sure that habit X takes Y number of days to become fully realized. https://myhighlightz.blogspot.com/202...
This was fine, tbh I skimmed the last 45%. But I do feel like I have some ideas about how to get my work from home flow going a little more smoothly. Now that I have read three habit books in one year I can say that if you’re interested in psychology read the Power of habit, if you want to floss read this one, and don’t read atomic habits it’s such a bore.
Tiny Habits by B J Fogg is about making a habit to do something small, having that fixed to something that happens regularly, and celebrating when you do it. Like 2 push ups after you pee. Yes, that really is the idea. Obviously it's a little more complicated than that, and there's some more behavioural thinking about what to do when, and about how to break a bad habit, but that's the basic principal. There are suggestions for things other people have done, how they've done them, and the problems they've overcome. It really is an inspiring read, and did make me think about some of the habits that I've generated over the years, and which ones have stuck, and which ones haven't! If you want some ideas on how to help you change something, then this a good book to read for ideas on how to do that. Tiny Habits was published on 31st December 2019. You can buy it from Amazon , Waterstones , or your local independent bookshop. You can follow B J Fogg on his website or on Twitter . I was given this book in return for an unbiased review, so my thanks to NetGalley and to Ebury Publishing .
Highlights
Habits may be the smallest units of transformation, but they're also the most fundamental. They are the first concentric circles of change that will spiral out.
And I had a big surprise that didn't come from the research data but from an overall impression: If someone is stressed out, if they are pressed for time, if they feel overwhelmed, they cannot make big changes. And they aren't likely to even try. I saw that Tiny Habits was the only realistic path that would work for people in that situation. And it may be the only realistic option for you and the people around you.
Behavior Design is not a solitary pursuit. Each behavior that we design, each change that we make, is another drop in the pond that ripples out. We shape our families, communities, and societies through our actions. And they shape us. The habits we create and perpetuate matter.
When you get rid of unwanted habits, what rises to fill that space could be more time to devote to a passion project, greater productivity at work, the deepening of a relationship, or the expansion of a new identity. Some of what fills that space you will choose, and some of it will come from those around you.
If you focus only on your General Habit, you will probably feel frustrated or intimidated, and this can cause avoidance: I don't have time right now or I'll do it later.
On listing down specific habits that lead to the General Habit. Just like listing down tiny habits/behavior that lead to an aspiration.
The data from my Tiny Habits research show a surprising number of people who tackled big behaviors as a result of succeeding at tiny things.
"Success momentum"
Managing our prompt landscape effectively is one of the biggest challenges in our modern lives. When you set up too many Context Prompts, they cam actually have the opposite effect- you become desensitized and fail to heed the prompt.
Think about how manu of these tiny to-dos that you don't want to do are clogging your brain every day. It can get mentally exhausting. Taking the first step, no matter how small, can generate a sense of momentum that our brains love. Completing tasks gives us a boost of confidence, and this increases our motivation to do the entire behavior.
When you are designing a new habit, you are really designing for consistency. And for that result, you'll find that simplicity is the key. Or as I like to teach my students: Simplicity changes behavior.
Make golden behaviors a reality by starting intentionally, purposefully, and radically small.
Narrative drama comes from bold action, not from the incremental progress that leads to sustainable success.
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