Atomic Habits: the life-changing million-copy #1 bestseller

The outside world only sees the most dramatic event rather than all that preceded it. But you know that it’s the work you did long ago

Your weight is a lagging measure of your eating habits.

Your net worth is a lagging measure of your financial habits.

” Once this kind of thinking takes over, it’s easy to let good habits fall by the wayside. But in order to make a meaningful difference, habits need to persist long enough to break through this plateau—what I call the Plateau of Latent Potential.

Are you spending less than you earn each month? Are you making it into the gym each week?

Good habits make time your ally.

One woman shifted a hairpin from one container to another whenever she wrote a page of her book.

Making progress is satisfying, and visual measures—like moving paper clips or hairpins or marbles—provide clear evidence of your progress. As a result, they reinforce your behavior and add a little bit of immediate satisfaction to any activity.

What you want is a “gateway habit” that naturally leads you down a more productive path.