You may not spend long at the first stage of your plan. You simply take a goal (which we’ll identify shortly) and break it down to a series of smaller habits that will lead there. James Clear uses the term Habit Shaping to explain how to work your way up to big goals. How to Start Small to Make Your Habit Easy To get a roaring fire with the big logs of your dreams, start the fire with some easy stuff first!Īfter that, ramp up to the big logs and you’ll be enjoying the warmth and glow of your goals being achieved. What happens if you put the big logs on first? What do you do to get the fire going? You use small kindling which catches fires easily.Īdd the big logs that we all picture in a good fire. To get around this pitfall, we want to start small with a habit and then ramp up.Ī great analogy is that of starting a fire. Even if we can pull it off for a while, maintaining such a big change consistently is not realistic. Going from zero minutes/day of meditation to 30 minutes/day will be nearly impossible for mortals. Habits are all about consistency, and one of the biggest barriers to consistency is not starting small enough. Where relevant, I’ll call out the applicable Laws. So, this guide is structured around the core tactics from Atomic Habits that show you how to build a powerful habit from start to finish. For instance, tactics used to make a habit attractive also can be used to make it satisfying. Many of the core tactics in Atomic Habits satisfy several of the Laws. These “laws” should be followed to create successful behavior change. The Atomic Habits system for habits is built on these Four Laws of Behavior Change: “You do not rise to the level of your goals,” Clear writes. You have a bad system for changing habits. If you struggle to build good habits or to avoid bad habits, the problem is not you. To be clear: goals are important! Goals set your target.īut systems are even more important.
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