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🚀 The Book in 3 Sentences

☘️ How the Book Changed Me

The only way I made progress—the only choice I had—was to start small.
The backbone of this book is my four-step model of habits—cue, craving, response, and reward—and the four laws of behavior change that evolve out of these steps.
Habits are the compound interest of self-improvement.
Goals are about the results you want to achieve. Systems are about the processes that lead to those results.
The purpose of setting goals is to win the game. The purpose of building systems is to continue playing the game.
Outcomes are about what you get. Processes are about what you do. Identity is about what you believe.
The more pride you have in a particular aspect of your identity, the more motivated you will be to maintain the habits associated with it.
Your habits shape your identity, and your identity shapes your habits. It’s a two-way street.
As habits are created, the level of activity in the brain decreases.
Building habits in the present allows you to do more of what you want in the future.
The cue is about noticing the reward. The craving is about wanting the reward. The response is about obtaining the reward.
The first step to changing bad habits is to be on the lookout for them.
The simple way to apply this strategy to your habits is to fill out this sentence: I will [BEHAVIOR] at [TIME] in [LOCATION].