Atomic Habits – Book Review & Notes

An overview of the Introduction and my expectations

Chapter 1 lays the ground for the power of habits.

Chapter 2 is the 2nd of 3 chapters in The Fundamentals. This chapter identifies what you really need to change.

Chapter 3 of the Atomic Habits: The 4 Steps of the Behavior Loop (or is it 3?) and the 4 Laws of Behavior Change (or is it 8?). This is the last chapter of The Fundamentals. And you have to understand this chapter to understand the book.

Chapter 4 is a short chapter but now we get to start working on us. And we start by focusing on the invisible.

Chapter 5 focuses on how to start a new habit. You know what to do and you know why it matters. But that isn't enough to make a new habit stick.

Chapter 6 digs into the power of your environment and how it can be a cue for your habits.

Chapter 7 discusses self-control, willpower, and other things that are supposed to stop us from following bad habits.

In chapter 8, we move from making it obvious to making it attractive. Idea 1: it’s all about dopamine* Dopamine is a key player in the habit creation process. It’s how the brain rewards good behavior. The most addictive habits are the habits that also dump the most dopamine into your system. The crazy thing is […]

This chapter focuses on 1 idea: social norms. And it's incredibly powerful.