Book Review: Tiny Habits by BJ Fogg
I've recently been making efforts to improve some of my daily habits - more daily steps, going to the gym at my new workplace, eating better, etc. This is not the first time I've tried some of these, but I've noticed that good habits don't always seem to stick. I have the ability to do great things when the motivation strikes, like training for and running a marathon. But after the finish line, I often fall back into the old routines. Following a recent promotion, my work recently offered several coaching sessions and my coach suggested I look into the work of BJ Fogg, an adjunct professor at Stanford and founder of the Stanford Behavior Design Lab. Specifically, she sent me this article on Tiny Habits. I was intrigued by the concepts in the article, so I also listened to his audiobook called Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything . The basic idea of the book is to help yourself do what you already want to do by starting habits small and then wirin...