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ATOMIC HABITS ANOUSHKA |
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BOOK THE POWER OF TINY CHANGES
ow exactly do we develop habits? op. He defines a habit as ‘a behaviour
HCan we really change our routine? that has been repeated enough times
How can we build and break habits? to be automatic’ and that it has four
If these are your queries, then phases–a cue, a craving, a response
Atomic Habits by James Clear is the and reward. To make this clear let us
perfect guide for you. take a simple example of reading a text
When I first came across this message: Your phone buzzing with
book, I took it for another boring the notification is the cue; the urge
self-help book. But as I went through to read the contents of the message
a few pages, I realized that this book is the craving; grabbing your phone
was truly an eye-opener. It made me and reading the text is the response;
realize that even a small, careless ac- and satisfying your craving by reading
tion of ours can eventually make a the message is the reward. All our
tremendous change in our routine actions, whether it is switching on the
over time. lights after walking into a dark room
In this book, the author clearly or eating food when you are hungry,
describes how and why habits devel- can be divided into these four phases.
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