Small changes, though they may seem unimportant now, can add up. Eventually, they can lead to drastic results.

These small changes are what Clear calls atomic habits. An atomic habit “refers to a tiny change, a marginal gain, a 1% improvement.”

If you improve by 1 percent each day for a year, you’ll be thirty-seven times better by the end of the year.

The reverse is also true — if you get 1 percent worse each day for a year, you’ll end up basically at zero.

The way we build habits can be divided into four steps: cue, craving, response, and reward. Together, these steps are known as the habit loop.

1. Make it obvious. Attach new habits to old habits you already have.
2. Second Law: Make it Attractive.The more that you like doing something, the more likely you'll be to do it.
3. Third Law: Make it Easy. Addictive habits show that the easier something is, the more likely we are to do it.
4. Fourth Law: Make it Satisfying. This step is the reward portion of the habit forming loop and increases the odds you’ll repeat an action.