The first mistake is never the one that ruins you. It is the spiral of repeated mistakes that follows.
Quick Recovery: If you miss a habit once, acknowledge it and get back on track immediately. The key is to not let one lapse turn into a longer-term disruption.
Preventing Slips: By aiming to never miss twice, you prevent occasional lapses from becoming habitual. This helps maintain the integrity of your habit streak.
Building Resilience: This approach encourages resilience and flexibility. It’s about making sure that one missed instance doesn’t derail your overall progress.
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Atomic Habits" by James Clear is a widely acclaimed book on building good habits and breaking bad ones. Here are some of the most important lines and concepts from the book:
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The first mistake is never the one that ruins you. It is the spiral of repeated mistakes that follows. Missing one day in keeping a habit is an accident. Missing twice is the start of a new habit.
Habits are a dopamine-driven feedback loop. Every behavior that is highly habit-forming from most basic habitual behaviors like eating food, drinking water, having sex to taking drugs, playing video games, browsing social media.
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