
Nonfiction
Self-help
Psychology
Personal Development
Business
Productivity
Habit Formation
Behavioral Change
Atomic Habits
An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear
A practical guide to building better habits through tiny improvements, better systems, and identity-based behavior change.
Context MD launching on 18 June
Published
October 16, 2018
Publisher
Avery / Penguin Random House
Pages
320
ISBN-13
9780735211292
What this book opens
Atomic Habits explains how small, repeatable behavior changes compound over time. James Clear argues that lasting change comes less from setting bigger goals and more from designing better systems.
The book turns habit formation into a practical framework: make good habits obvious, attractive, easy, and satisfying, while making bad habits invisible, unattractive, difficult, and unsatisfying.
About the author
About The Author
Related reading
Atomic Habits: Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results — https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits
Official book page and core overview of the habit-change system.Atomic Habits Summary — https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits-summary
Official summary of the book’s key ideas and practical method.The Habits Guide: How to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones — https://jamesclear.com/habits
Concept guide for habit loops, environment design, and behavior change.How To Start New Habits That Actually Stick — https://jamesclear.com/three-steps-habit-change
Explains cue-based habit formation and making new behaviors easier.Habit Stacking: How to Build New Habits by Taking Advantage of Old Ones — https://jamesclear.com/habit-stacking
Directly related to one of the book’s most useful tactics.Identity-Based Habits — https://jamesclear.com/identity-based-habits
Explains the book’s central idea that behavior change begins with identity.Implementation Intentions — https://jamesclear.com/implementation-intentions
Useful for the book’s planning formula of when and where a habit will happen.Environment Design — https://jamesclear.com/environment-design
Connects to Clear’s idea that behavior is shaped by surroundings.Habit Triggers — https://jamesclear.com/habit-triggers
Explores cues and triggers behind repeat behavior.Marginal Gains — https://jamesclear.com/marginal-gains
Background for the 1 percent improvement idea that opens the book.The Goldilocks Rule — https://jamesclear.com/goldilocks-rule
Covers motivation, challenge level, and sustained progress.Delayed Gratification — https://jamesclear.com/delayed-gratification
Relevant to cravings, rewards, and long-term habit outcomes.A Conversation with James Clear — https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/articles/conversation-with-james-clear/
Publisher interview about the book’s ideas and practical use.James Clear, Atomic Habits — Tim Ferriss Show Transcript — https://tim.blog/2023/01/06/james-clear-atomic-habits-transcript/
Long-form discussion of habits, systems, and Clear’s writing process.Atomic Habits: How to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones with James Clear — https://www.goodlifeproject.com/podcast/how-to-build-good-habits-break-bad-ones-with-atomic-habits-author-james-clear/
Interview focused on building and breaking habits.How to Kick Your Bad Habits — https://www.gq.com/story/how-to-break-bad-habits
Interview with Clear on bad habits and behavior change.5 Lessons From the Best-Selling Book Atomic Habits — https://www.businessinsider.com/lessons-bestselling-book-atomic-habits-james-clear-entrepreneurs-productivity-2022-3
Article focused on practical lessons from the book.Atomic Habits by James Clear: 5 Takeaways — https://www.businessinsider.com/atomic-habits-book-james-clear-review-worth-reading-2022-12
Takeaways from the book’s methods and core concepts.How to Use Habit-Stacking to Reach Your Health and Wellness Goals — https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2026/04/26/habit-stacking/
Applies habit stacking, one of the book’s major methods, to wellness goals.Tiny Habits and Behavior Change — https://www.behaviormodel.org/
Relevant behavioral science background for tiny actions and behavior design.
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