Most Replayed Moment: The Mid-Year Reset - Atomic Habits Author On How To Get Back On Track

“for three years. So the first three years, 150 articles, you know, write twice a week. That was a great habit. There were like 2000 word pieces or so. But then I signed the book deal for Atomic Habits. I didn't have the capacity to do that and also write the book. So that had to change. I wrote the book for like three years, and then the book came out. And now I write a newsletter once a week.”

“in life are roughly 10 year buckets, right? So like for me building my first business, that was kind of like a 10 year thing, and eventually led to the launch of Atomic Habits, you maybe get five or six of those in your adult life. Some of those things make sense to do in a different order than”

“You got them to identify as, I'm a voter, rather than, are you voting today? And so same thing. There's an example in Atomic Habits I talk about. Imagine two people who are trying to quit smoking. And so the first person gets offered a cigarette, and they say, oh, no, thanks. I'm trying not to smoke. And the second person gets offered, and they say, oh, no, thanks. I'm not a smoker.”