Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

Habits are what create us. Good and bad habits are relative to what we would like to accomplish. We often do things in response to the reward we receive. If we make it easy to do the "good habits", we are more likely to follow through. We can associate them with other things we already do or find ways to make them useful. Doing a small thing repeatedly can produce results over the long run. If we are trying to improve a skill, we must also work on making the habit more challenging over time. For "bad" habits, it helps to create ways to avoid it. This may be via negative association or the help of others.

The author was "forced" into the habits after a severe baseball injury. He set goals and made small steps to improve and eventually play again. The book is a suscient encapsulation of much of many common aspects of habit formation. It doesn't present new research or magic, but instead focuses on ways to get the job done.