Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones

by James Clear

Temptation bundling is one way to apply a psychology theory known as Premack’s Principle. Named after the work of professor David Premack, the principle states that “more probable behaviors will reinforce less probable behaviors.”

Your habits are modern-day solutions to ancient desires.

As mathematician and philosopher Alfred North Whitehead wrote, “Civilization advances by extending the number of operations we can perform without thinking about them.”7

Habit stacking, which we covered in Chapter 5, ties your habit to an immediate cue, which makes it obvious when to start. Reinforcement ties

your habit to an immediate reward, which makes it satisfying when you finish.

an Annual Review,

What went well this year? What didn’t go so well this year?

What did I learn?

My yearly Integrity Report answers three questions: What are the core values that drive my life and work? How am I living and working with integrity right now? How can I set a higher standard in the future?

A lack of self-awareness is poison. Reflection and review is the antidote.