Atomic Habits

An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

by James Clear

The Surprising Power of Atomic Habits

Here's how the math works out: if you can get 1 percent better each day for one year, you'll end up thirty-seven times better by the time you're done. Conversely, if you get 1 percent worse each day for one year, you'll decline nearly down to zero.

What starts as a small win or a minor setback accumulates into something much more.

1% better every day: 1.01^365 = 37.78 1% worse every day: 0.99^365 = 0.03

The Plateau of Latent Potential

Habits often appear to make no difference until you cross a critical threshold and unlock a new level of performance. Be patient. The results will come.