Inspiration

"Can one coin make a person rich? If you give a person a pile of ten coins, you wouldn't claim that he or she is rich. But what if you add another? And another? And another? At some point, you will have to admit that no one can be rich unless one coin can make him or her so.

 

We can say the same about atomic habits. Can one tiny change transform your life? It's unlikely you would say so. But what if you made another? And another? And another? At some point, you will have to admit that your life was transformed by one small change.

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The holy grail of habit change is not a single 1 percent improvement, but a thousand of them. In the beginning, small improvements can often seem meaningless because they get washed away by the weight of the system. Just as one coin won't make you rich, one positive change like meditating for a minute or reading one page each day is unlikely to deliver a noticeable difference.

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Gradually, though, as you continue to layer small changes on top of one another, the scales of life start to move. Eventually, if you stick with it, you hit a tipping point. Suddenly it feels easier to stick with good habits."

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From "Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones" by James Clear