Summary of S.J. Scott & Jonathan Green's Habit Stacking

Everest Media

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 All of this can be possible when you focus on small actions that relate to your important goals. These habits don’t require much effort, but they have a powerful compounding effect if you repeat them often enough.
#2 The power of small actions is often overlooked. It can be difficult to believe that a simple task can make a difference in your life, but it can. Right now, I want you to tell someone you love them.
#3 When you add small actions to your day, you can express your feelings to the people you care about. Consider how this would positively impact your relationships.
#4 The myth of the overnight success is that you can transition from zero to hero without putting in a lot of effort. In reality, this rarely happens. Success is a process, not an event.

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 28 mars 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669369080
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on S.J. Scott & Jonathan Green's Habit Stacking
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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

All of this can be possible when you focus on small actions that relate to your important goals. These habits don’t require much effort, but they have a powerful compounding effect if you repeat them often enough.

#2

The power of small actions is often overlooked. It can be difficult to believe that a simple task can make a difference in your life, but it can. Right now, I want you to tell someone you love them.

#3

When you add small actions to your day, you can express your feelings to the people you care about. Consider how this would positively impact your relationships.

#4

The myth of the overnight success is that you can transition from zero to hero without putting in a lot of effort. In reality, this rarely happens. Success is a process, not an event.

#5

The people who succeed in the game of life understand the importance of small actions. They flourish by doing two critical things well: identifying the most important activities related to their goals, and repeating these activities every day.

#6

The little things will have a positive or negative impact on every area of your life. Just think back to the example from before. The consistency of sending a nice message to your loved ones will improve your interpersonal relationships.

#7

Small habits are easy to do, but they need a framework that will guarantee that you do them 100 percent of the time. This is what habit stacking is for.

#8

To build a new habit, identify those small important actions, group them together into a routine with equally important actions, and schedule a specific time each day to complete it.

#9

Habit stacking works because you eliminate the stress of adding too many new things to your life. You begin with a few simple but effective habits and then build on them as this routine becomes an important can’t miss part of your day.

#10

The purpose of this book is to help you identify the important small actions in your life and build them into your daily routine. I explain how to get started with habit stacking and provide nine rules for creating a stack.

#11

The author, Steve S. J. Scott, runs the blog Develop Good Habits and is the author of a series of habit-related titles. His content is to show how continuous habit development can lead to a better life.

#12

To improve your relationship, all you have to do is build two habits that take fifteen minutes each day: send one loving text message first thing in the morning, and make time for a ten-minute phone call in the evening.

#13

I found that the most difficult thing to remember was sending that text message first thing in the morning. I set a reminder on my phone that dinged during the first thirty minutes of my day. When the alarm went off, I would send a nice message.

#14

My life is very different now than it was when I first started habit stacking. I now live in the town that was once two hours away from my old apartment, and I take care of my eleven-month-old son in the morning hours when it’s just the two of us.

#15

The second edition of Habit Stacking is twice as long as the original, with a clear explanation of how habit stacking can benefit you. It details 127 small actions with specific resources to get started, shows how to build habits that stick, and provides examples of specific stacks you can build.

#16

The book is full of links to many resources, apps, and websites. If you’re someone who likes to leverage technology to build habits, then I recommend checking them out.
Insights from Chapter 2

#1

The best way to build a habit stack is to combine actions related to what you want from life. For example, it makes no sense to add random habits together that have no personal meaning. Instead, each must align with your goals. This will make it easier to stick with a new habit stacking routine.

#2

To create goals, you must first identify what you want from life. You only have a little time to make things happen, so you should focus on the tasks that give you the biggest bang for your buck. To do this, you must first identify what’s important to you and build a routine that supports your life.

#3

There are three types of habits: keystone, support, and elephant. Keystone habits are the most important, and you should strive to form them first. Support habits help you maintain keystone habits, and elephant habits are the most difficult to form.

#4

A keystone habit is a single change that produces a positive trickle-down effect in other areas of your life. The reason you should strive to establish keystone habits is because they have a significant impact on multiple aspects of your life, even if you’re not trying to improve them.

#5

Keystone habits are the small activities that are important but impossible to remember without a reminder. They are the foundation of your daily routine. I focus on five keystone habits each day: completing a habit stacking routine, writing for at least thirty minutes, finishing three work-related tasks, exercising for at least thirty minutes, and reading at least two pages of a nonfiction book.

#6

You can only focus on a handful of keystone habits before you feel overwhelmed, so it’s important to form support habits that help you achieve those habits. These habits are simply called support habits and they support the achievement of your keystone habits.

#7

Elephant habits are designed to overcome the natural resistance that we all feel whenever we’re forced to do a potentially unpleasant task. You know you must do it, but you avoid starting because it sounds like a lot of work.