Book Titles

Atomic Habits
An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Bread Bad Ones

By James Clear

Year Published: 2018
ISBN-13: 978-0-7352-1129-2
Categories: Change, Habits, Improvement

278 Quotes Found

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Atomic Habits:

The more attractive an opportunity is, the more likely it is to become habit-forming.

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Atomic Habits:

Compared to nature… pleasure-packed experiences are hard to resist. We have the brains of our ancestors but temptations they never had to face.

104

Atomic Habits:

If you want to increase the odds that a behavior will occur, then you need to make it attractive.

104

Atomic Habits:

It is the anticipation of a reward – not the fulfillment of it – that gets us to take action.

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Atomic Habits:

Every behavior that is highly habit-forming… is associated with higher levels of dopamine.

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Atomic Habits:

When it comes to habits, the key takeaway is this: dopamine is released not only when you experience pleasure, but also when you anticipate it.

106

Atomic Habits:

Whenever you predict that an opportunity will be rewarding, your levels of dopamine spike in anticipation. And whenever your dopamine rises, so does your motivation to act.

106

Atomic Habits:

Desire is the engine that drives behavior. Every action is taken because of the anticipation that precedes it. It is the craving that leads to the response.

108

Atomic Habits:

We need to make our habits attractive because it is the expectation of a rewarding experience that motivates us to act in the first place.

108

Atomic Habits:

Temptation bundling works by linking an action you want to do with an action you need to do.

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