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Building Lasting Habits

Small changes, compounded over time. The science of becoming who you want to be.

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Collection index

A shelf with an argument.

Every collection gathers books around a practical life problem. Open the title that feels closest, then let the shelf widen the frame.

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01

James Clear

Atomic Habits

I am the type of person who reads every day.

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Gretchen Rubin · 2015

Better Than Before

What you do every day matters more than what you do once in a while.

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Darius Foroux · 2019

Do It Today

The only way to stop procrastinating is to start. Today is all you have. Tomorrow is a story you keep telling yourself.

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Jon Acuff · 2017

Finish

The gift of done is not applause. It is the freedom to stop negotiating with a finish line that keeps moving.

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S. J. Scott

Habit Stacking

Every time you attach a tiny behavior to a reliable cue, you are not just building a habit - you are building a new identity.

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Brendon Burchard

High Performance Habits

High performance looks less like intensity and more like standards you can bring to every day that matters.

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Chip Heath, Dan Heath · 2010

Switch

For anything to change, someone has to start acting differently.

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Robin Sharma · 2018

The 5 AM Club

The hours that most people waste are the hours that remake the few who protect them.

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Mel Robbins · 2017

The 5 Second Rule

The moment you have an instinct to act on a goal, you must physically move within five seconds or your brain will kill it.

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Darren Hardy · 2010

The Compound Effect

Your life is the accumulated interest of what you keep choosing when no one is keeping score.

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Twyla Tharp · 2003

The Creative Habit

Creativity is a habit, and the best creativity is the result of good work habits.

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Mel Robbins · 2021

The High 5 Habit

Confidence grows when encouragement becomes a daily reflex instead of a reward you only allow after perfection.

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Hal Elrod · 2012

The Miracle Morning

How you wake up each day and your morning routine dramatically affects your levels of success in every single area of your life.

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Neil Fiore

The Now Habit

You do not beat procrastination by making yourself more afraid. You beat it by making the start feel safe enough to begin.

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Francesco Cirillo

The Pomodoro Technique

You do not need a perfect day. You need one honest interval, then another.

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Kelly McGonigal · 2011

The Willpower Instinct

The pause is where willpower stops being punishment and becomes care for the person you are becoming.

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Roy F. Baumeister, John Tierney · 2011

Willpower

The secret of willpower is not to spend the whole day proving you have it. It is to build a life where the best choice costs less.

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