Atomic Habits: Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results

CHAPTER 17
“When I suggested this to friends in the Pentagon”
: Roger Fisher, “Preventing Nuclear War,”
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 37, no. 3 (1981), doi:10.1080/00963402.1981.11458828.
The first seat belt law
: Michael Goryl and Michael Cynecki, “Restraint System Usage in the Traffic
Population,” Journal of Safety Research 17, no. 2 (1986), doi:10.1016/0022–4375(86)90107–
6.
wearing a seat belt is enforceable by law
: New Hampshire is the lone exception, where seat belts
are only required for children. “New Hampshire,” Governors Highway Safety Association,
https://www.ghsa.org/state-laws/states/new%20hampshire
, accessed June 8, 2016.
over 88 percent of Americans buckled up
: “Seat Belt Use in U.S. Reaches Historic 90 Percent,”
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, November 21, 2016,
https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/seat-belt-use-us-reaches-historic-90-percent
.
Bryan Harris
: Bryan Harris, email conversation with author, October 24, 2017.
She does the “song a day” challenge
: Courtney Shea, “Comedian Margaret Cho’s Tips for Success:
If You’re Funny, Don’t Do Comedy,” Globe and Mail, July 1, 2013,
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/comedian-margaret-chos-tips-for-success-if-youre-
funny-dont-do-comedy/article12902304/?service=mobile
.
Thomas Frank, an entrepreneur in Boulder, Colorado
: Thomas Frank, “How Buffer Forces Me to
Wake Up at 5:55 AM Every Day,” College Info Geek, July 2, 2014,
https://collegeinfogeek.com/early-waking-with-buffer/
.
CHAPTER 18
Phelps has won more Olympic medals
: “Michael Phelps Biography,” Biography,
https://www.biography.com/people/michael-phelps-345192
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