Atomic Habits: the life-changing million-copy #1 bestseller

Changing our habits is challenging for two reasons: (1) we try to change the wrong thing and (2) we try to change our habits in the wrong way.

an atomic habit refers to a tiny change, a marginal gain, a 1 percent improvement.

If you’re having trouble changing your habits, the problem isn’t you. The problem is your system.

The purpose of building systems is to continue playing the game.

When all of your hard work is focused on a particular goal, what is left to push you forward after you achieve it?

Fix the inputs and the outputs will fix themselves.

Achieving a goal only changes your life for the moment.

goal cannot be what differentiates the winners from the losers.

If you want better results, then forget about setting goals. Focus on your system instead.