How to create a good habit, make it obvious…

How to create a good habit, make it obvious make it attractive make it easy make it satisfying

— from Expanding Your Range (Growth/Change/Education/Learning/Habit) · Atomic Habits by James Clear

In the book

The first requirement is simple: you have to want the thing, because it is nearly impossible to turn something into a habit you do not actually want to do. After that, the simplest recipe I know has four parts: to build a good habit, make it obvious, make it attractive, make it easy, and make it satisfying — and to break a bad one, invert every law, making it invisible, unattractive, hard, and unsatisfying. Attractiveness matters more than people think, because a habit rides on anticipation — the rise of dopamine before the reward — so pairing what you should do with something you want to do gives the engine fuel. […] Leave the comfort zone deliberately. Don't log the same easy flight forever; find exactly where your ability breaks down and train precisely there, with clear goals and honest measurement, aiming not just to reach your potential but to build it, and growing by small increments rather than waiting for one heroic leap. Build habits by design, not willpower. First make sure you truly want the thing; then make the good ones obvious, attractive, easy, and satisfying — and the bad ones the opposite; remove friction from what helps and add it to what harms; and design your surroundings to nudge you rather than relying on discipline you won't always have. Become the person you intend to be. Act like that person consistently until the act becomes the self; decide how you'll behave before the hard moment arrives; and use every clean slate — a new year, a new start — as a launch point for the habit you want. — Expanding Your Range (Growth/Change/Education/Learning/Habit)

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