Mini Habits: Smaller Habits, Bigger Results Kindle Edition

The author wrote in a clear, concise, and engaging style. His suggestions are easy to follow. The information is easy to digest while still maintaining an insightful depth. Each section flowed smoothly into the next concept. The author also included some great online resources and links.I started to apply the mini habits to some daily goals that I have been struggling with, and I haven't missed a day yet. The main key is making a habit "stupid small", in other words, the less willpower and less mental resistance that you have towards completing a habit, the easier you will keep doing it.I really like the author's writing style. The more that I read, the more motivated I became.If you fell stuck with developing or keeping habits and goals, this book is worth reading and applying the techniques.

Do you struggle to juggle all your responsibilities as a mom? Is self-care neglected because you're caring for other people constantly? I'm a mom of four. Two are in college, one has special needs, and the youngest is 9. I have always felt like I needed to be four different people, one person for each of my children because it requires so much of me to help them all. Do yourself a favor and READ THIS BOOK. You do not lack the will power. You do not lack the ability to achieve your goals. You CAN take care of yourself, your house, and your children every day. No matter what you think your MO is, you're better than all your failures. Inside your brain are all the plans, all the dreams, all the habits you need, just waiting to be released. I'm 50 years old. Yes, you can teach an old dog new tricks. Apart from the Bible, no other book has ever had this big of an impact on my life. Understanding how God created our brain to work is the KEY to success. I LOVE the success I am having each day in my "mini" ways and they have catapulted me to Much Bigger Results than I ever had before. Not only that, but all my kids are catching on. Even my youngest is being trained to change her life in mini ways. She is readily accepting and liking the success that she is having, like keeping her room clean!! I wish I had read this 20 years ago, when I first became a parent. But, better late than never. And, yes, you need to actually read the book. I just finished tonight and knew that I had to leave a review. Start living the life you always dreamed and be the person you always wanted to be. You can do it! God bless!!

This book had a great effect on me. I highly recommend it if you are one of those people who always says, “I want to work out at least x times a week. I want to write at least x amount per day. I want to eat healthier, read more, get better at piano, etc,” but it’s been ten years and you still ARE NOT that person. That’s me. And I’m still saying those things ten years later. If it didn’t happen in the last ten years, why will it happen in the next?Hello “mini habits.”Mini Habits are “laughably small” or “stupid small” versions of a bigger habit you would like to develop. The idea of developing small habits means you’re getting the hardest part out of the way: the decision making. Once you’re doing the action, you are much likelier to continue ding it. That’s the theory in a nutshell. You can get a much more expanded explanation with reasons in Mini Habits (the book).Since starting this book, I’ve adapted several mini habits like: 1. Playing one song cover to cover on the piano (since practice 30 minutes always seemed like a mountain of a task) 2. Write 50 words a day (since 200 and even 2000 seemed overwhelming) 3. Read two pages a day (since read for one hour before bed feels daunting at the end of the day) and 4. Exercise or do five minutes of yogaI am happy to say that so far after a few days, the method is working. I know, I know, a couple of days is nothing. It takes much longer to develop a habit. However, I have discovered that the minuteness of the habit makes it easy to start, and then I am often encouraged to keep going since I’ve already started.This book is such a quick read, there’s no reason NOT to read it!

This is an excellent book. It is clear, simple and could help you change your life.The basic idea is to make progress in small steps, so that you build a habit without battling resistance. Simple? Certainly. Intelligent and helpful. Absolutely. The idea is to 'trick your brain' by choosing a goal or habit so small that you will always be able to do it, then do it daily (and you will find that you almost always exceed your goal, and build a habit). The trick is not to waste your willpower fighting resistance but choosing something so 'stupid small' that you have no resistance to it. The example that did it for Stephen after years of problems getting fit was to set the goal of doing just one pushup a day. If he did more bonus! But if he did one he still achieved his goal - and one pushup is an awful lot better than none.The whole system is explained in one long chapter - so you can skip to there and then go back to read what interests you if you like. Stephen provides footnotes to academic literature where you can chase up the research if you wish to.Criticisms? I found it a little repetitious at times. (I'm an intuitive - I like the main idea and its application spelt out and left at that). However what Stephen is saying is always clear and his reasoning is always spelt out. He also shows how his system is backed by the academic literature. You are not left at any stage needing to guess what he is saying or why he is saying it.This book gives you everything you need to start changing your life one habit at a time, one 'stupid small' at a time. Recommended without hesitation or qualification.