Atomic Habits: Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results

Guns, Germs, and Steel–51
habit contract
Bryan Harris weight loss example, 
seat belt law example, 
Thomas Frank alarm example, 
habit loop, 
habits
of avoidance, 
breaking bad habits (table), 
in the business world, 
changing your mind-set about, 
, 
downside of, 
effect on the rest of your day, 
eliminating bad habits, 
as the embodiment of identity, 
formation of, 
–47
four-step process of building a habit, 
“gateway habit,” 
, 
imitation of others’ habits
the close, 
the manythe powerful, 
and parenting, 
short-term and long-term consequences of, 
–90
suitability for your personalityTusing implementation intention to start, 
–72
Habits Academy, 
habit shaping, 

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Habits Scorecard, 
habit stacking
combining temptation bundling with, 
explained, 
happiness
and goals, 
Harris, Bryan, 
–209
Hebb’s Lawherring gulls and supernormal stimuli, 
–102
Hreha, Jason, 
Hugo, Victor, 
–70
The Hunchback of Notre Damehyperbolic discounting (time inconsistency), 
identity
accepting blanket personal statements as facts, 
and behavior change, 
behavior that is at odds with the self, 
habits as the embodiment of, 
–49
letting a single belief define you, 
pride in a particular aspect of one’s identity, 
reinforcing your desired identity by using the Two-Minute Rule, 
two-step process of changing your identityimprovements, making small, 
Johnson, Magic, 
journaling, 
Jung, Carl, 
Kamb, Steve, 
Kubitz, Andrew, 
Lao Tzu, 
Tao Te Ching

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Latimore, Ed, 
Lewes, Georlong-term potentiation, 
Los Angeles Lakers example of reflection and reviewLuby, Stephen, 
–85
Martin, Steve, 
–30, 
–82
Massimino, Mike, 
mastery, 
–42
Mate, Gabormeasurements
Mike (TMilner, Peter, 
mind-set shifts
from “have to” to “get to,” 
motivation rituals, 
motion vs. action, 
motivation
the Goldilocks Rule, 
–33
maximum motivation, 
–61
Murphy, Morgan, 
Nietzsche, Friedrich, 
nonconscious activities, 
noveltyobstacles to getting what you want, 
Olds, James, 
Olwell, Patty, 
1 percent changes
Career Best Ef–44
compounding effect of making changes, 

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Sorites Paradox, 
251
–52
operant conditioning, 
9
–10
opportunities, choosing the right
combining your skills to reduce the competition, 
225
–26
explore/exploit trade-off, 
223
–25
importance of, 
222
–23
specialization, 
226
outcomes
and behavior change, 
29
–31
outcome-based habits, 
31
pain, 
206
–207
Paper Clip Strategy of visual progress measurements, 
195
–96
parenting applications of habit strategies, 
267
Patterson, John Henry, 
171
–72
Phelps, Michael, 
217
–18, 
225
photography class example of active practice, 
141
–42, 
144
Plateau of Latent Potential, 
21
–23
pleasure
anticipating vs. experiencing, 
106
–108
image of, 
260
repeating a behavior when it’s a satisfying sensory experience, 
184
–86, 
264
Safeguard soap example, 
184
–85
Plomin, Robert, 
220
Pointing-and-Calling subway safety system, 
62
–63
positive compounding, 
19