In order to make big changes, first you have to think small, says habit expert James Clear.

His critically acclaimed book, Atomic Habits, is a guide to developing a sustainable system that will put you on the path to success.

His core philosophy is that incremental changes compound over time and have massive effects.

Such being the case, he argues we should focus less on goals and more on the actual systems that will put us on the right trajectory.

He’s boiled his advice down to 4 actionable steps:

Step 1: Make it obvious. If you make habit cues more noticeable, it’ll be easier to prompt and maintain the habit.

Step 2: Make it attractive. Bundling new habits with actions we want to do can make new actions more enticing.

For step 3: Make it easy and step 4: Make it satisfying, we can reduce friction and use immediate rewards to reinforce behavior.

With these easy steps, Clear argues that anyone can adopt habits and achieve long-term success.
習慣研究專家James Clear說，想要做出大的改變，你必須先從細節處著眼。

他的著作《原子習慣》廣受好評，這是一本引導你養成可持續行為習慣的指南，能讓你走上成功之路。

他的核心理念是，隨著時間的推移，逐漸積累的變化會產生巨大的影響。 

正因如此，他認為我們應該少關注目標本身，多聚焦於能讓我們走上正確軌道的行為體系。

他將他的建議歸納為四個可操作的步驟： 

第一步：讓提示顯而易見。 如果你能讓習慣的觸發信號更加明顯，那麼激發並保持這個習慣就會變得更容易。

第二步：讓習慣有吸引力。 將新的習慣與我們想做的事情捆綁在一起，這可以讓新的行為更能吸引你去執行。 

第三步：讓行動輕而易舉。 第四步：讓自己獲得滿足。 我們可以減少阻礙，使用即時的獎勵來強化行為。 

Clear認為，通過這些簡單的步驟，任何人都能養成習慣並取得長期的成功。