Mini Habits
by Stephen Guise
Guise's premise: make the habit so small it is stupid to skip, one push-up, fifty words, one page, and let momentum do the rest. It predates and overlaps with Tiny Habits and Atomic Habits, is shorter and more personal, and the one-push-up story has helped a lot of people start.
Read it if…
you want the smallest possible starting point and a short book to justify it.
Skip it if…
you have read Fogg or Clear; there is little new.
Three things you will actually use
- Set the bar laughably low.
- Count the minimum as success.
- Let extra be a bonus, never the expectation.
Do this first
Choose one habit and set the requirement at one repetition, every day, no more required.
Our verdict
Short, sincere and practical; a good first habit book.
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