C book atomic habits
Page 65: Habits are neither good or bad. The way to look at them and grade them is to think about whether they aid you in moving towards the link not tracked you desire over the long term.
What are the four stages of habits?:: cue, craving, response, reward
What are the three key attributes of link not tracked?:: what, when, and where
Page 70 what is the concept called where you specify what, when, and where you will do something?:: link not tracked
Somewhere in the book he talks about link not tracked
Talks about how important your environment is. I'm giving this a page: link not tracked
Page 152 he mentions every habit is just an obstacle to getting what you really want. Dieting is an obstacle to getting fit. Meditation as an obstacle to feeling calm. Journaling is an obstacle of thinking clearly. You don't actually want to have it itself what you want is the outcome the habit delivers. ^910325
Not just making good habits easier, but increasing the friction of our bad habits.
Page 170 what is the thing called that forces you to do something in the future?:: A link not tracked
Page 242 "it is precisely at the moment when you begin to feel like you've mastered the skill, right when things are starting to feel automatic and you were becoming comfortable , that you must avoid slipping into the trap of complacency. The solution is to establish a system for reflection and review" ^8a35e7
... like feedback loop
Page 244 Pat Riley said "sustaining an effort is the most important thing for any enterprise. The way to be successful is to learn how to do things right, then do them the same way every time"
On page 245 "I know of executives in investors who keep a link not tracked in which they record the major decisions they make each week, why they made them, and what they expect the outcome to be. They review their choices at the end of each month or year to see where they were correct and where they went wrong
Page 253 in the conclusion "whenever you're looking to improve you can rotate through the four laws of behavior change until you find the next bottleneck. Make it obvious. Make it attractive. Make it easy. Make it satisfying. Round and round. Always looking for the next way to get one percent better" ^13b321
In the tail chapters he talked about how we want to have a flexible identity, so rather than your identity being something like I am a professional athlete, which could change as you get older, your identity ought to be I am someone who prioritizes fitness and health. The fact that identity is so multidimensional makes it real is it really a market basket of specific traits or tendencies towards desirable behaviors? ^flexible-identity