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Tiny steps slip past the part of your brain that resists change.
Kaizen means continuous small improvement. A step so small it feels silly does not trigger fear, so you keep taking it — and small steps add up.
Try this today: Pick a goal and name a step so small you cannot say no.
One Small Step Can Change Your Life: The Kaizen Way — Robert Maurer (2004)
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Big habits fail because the first step is too heavy.
Shrink any new habit to a version that takes two minutes. Read one page, not one chapter. Once showing up is automatic, you can grow it.
Try this today: Choose one habit and write its two-minute version.
Atomic Habits — James Clear (2018)
Chapter 13
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The easiest way to start a new habit is to hang it on an old one.
Pick something you already do every day without thinking. Attach the new habit straight after it, so the old habit becomes the reminder.
Try this today: Finish this sentence: After I ___, I will ___.
Atomic Habits — James Clear (2018)
Chapter 5
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