The Fundamentals: Why Tiny Changes Make a Big Difference

Chapter 1: The Surprising Power of Atomic Habits
Focus on making small improvements each day, over time those small improvements will equate to massive change. Bad habits also compound over time, if you delay working on something every day, the bad habit of procrastinating will multiply and seep into other areas of your life. For example, you want to lose weight. Instead of focusing on losing 50 lbs., concentrate on working out for 30 minutes three times a week for 30 days. Over time you will begin to see changes in your body. Thirty minutes a day, three times a week for 52 weeks is 4680 minutes’ worth of exercise.

In a nutshell, tiny improvements often appear small, but minute changes are transformational if you stick with it.

 Forget About Goals, Focus on Systems Instead

• Goals are the results you want to achieve. Systems are the processes that lead to those results.
• Goals set directions. Systems make progress.
• Fall in love with the process and not with the result.
• You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.