Mini Habits: Smaller Habits, Bigger Results

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***A Worldwide Bestseller in 17 Languages!***

Lasting Change For Early Quitters, Burnouts, The Unmotivated, And Everyone Else, Too

When I decided to start exercising consistently 10 years ago, this is what actually happened:I tried “getting motivated.” It worked sometimes.I tried setting audacious big goals. I almost always failed them.I tried to make changes last. They didn’t.Like most people who try to change and fail, I assumed that I was the problem.

Then one afternoon–after another failed attempt to get motivated to exercise–I (accidentally) started my first mini habit. I initially committed to do one push-up, and it turned into a full workout. I was shocked. This “stupid idea” wasn’t supposed to work. I was shocked again when my success with this strategy continued for months (and to this day).

I had to consider that maybe I wasn’t the problem in those 10 years of mediocre results. Maybe it was my prior strategies that were ineffective, despite being oft-repeated as “the way to change” in countless books and blogs.

My suspicions were correct.

Is There A Scientific Explanation For This?
As I sought understanding, I found a plethora of scientific studies that had answers, with nobody to interpret them correctly. Based on the science–which you’ll find peppered throughout Mini Habits–we’ve been doing it all wrong.

You can succeed without the guilt, intimidation, and repeated failure associated with such strategies as “getting motivated,” New Year’s Resolutions, or even “just doing it.” In fact, you need to stop using those strategies if they aren’t giving you great results.

Most popular strategies don’t work well because they require you to fight against your subconscious brain (a fight not easily won). It’s only when you start playing by your brain’s rules and taking your human limitations seriously–as mini habits show you how to do–that you can achieve lasting change.

What’s A Mini Habit?
A mini habit is a very small positive behavior that you force yourself to do every day; its “too small to fail” nature makes it weightless, deceptively powerful, and a superior habit-building strategy. You will have no choice but to believe in yourself when you’re always moving forward.

The barrier to the first step is so low that even depressed or “stuck” people can find early success and begin to reverse their lives right away. And if you think one push-up a day is too small to matter, I’ve got one heck of a story for you!

Aim For The First Step
They say when you aim for the moon, you’ll land among the stars. Well, that doesn’t make sense, as the moon is closer than the stars. I digress.

The message is that you should aim very high and even if you fall short, you’ll still get somewhere. I’ve found the opposite to be true in regards to productivity and healthy behaviors. When you aim for the moon, you won’t do anything because it’s too far away. But when you aim for the step in front of you, you might keep going and reach the moon.

I’ve used the Mini Habits strategy to get into the best shape of my life, read 10x more books, and write 4x as many words. It started from requiring one push-up from myself every day. How ridiculous is that? Not so ridiculous when you consider the science of the brain, habits, and willpower.

The Mini Habits system works because it’s how our brains are designed to change.

Note: This book isn’t for eliminating bad habits (some principles could be useful for breaking habits). Mini Habits is a strategy to create permanent healthy habits in: exercise, writing, reading, thinking positively, meditating, drinking water, eating healthy foods, etc.

Lasting change won’t happen until you take that first step into a strategy that works. Give Mini Habits a try. You won’t look back.

From the Publisher

Mini Habits: A Life-Changing Strategy

Worldwide Bestseller

Mini Habits has been the #1 selling self-help book in the following countries: United States, Canada, South Korea, and China. It is a perennial bestseller because the strategy works!

Smaller Habits, Bigger Results

Stephen Guise’s mini habit isn’t so mini anymore! What started out as just one push-up a day has not only endured the test of time, it has grown to 30-120 minutes of exercise every day… 9 years later!

Easy to Start

There’s nothing easier than starting a new mini habit. Being easy to maintain, the mini habits you begin today can last years… or even a lifetime! Forget 30-day challenges designed burn you out. Play for the long-term win with mini habits.

Stephen Guise, Behavior Change Specialist

The Original Small Habits Book

Mini Habits introduced a groundbreaking strategy for developing habits in 2013. It remains popular today because of its timeless wisdom for turning small beginnings into big results.

Author Stephen Guise

International Bestselling Author

Stephen Guise has been researching and writing about personal development for more than 15 years. By combining creativity and logic with cutting edge psychology and neuroscience research, he’s crafted some of the most widely used strategies for behavior change and habit formation today, including Mini Habits and Elastic Habits. His techniques are used by teachers, psychologists, doctors, and therapists all over the world.

In Mini Habits, you’ll learn how to:

Overcome resistance to action Conquer feelings of overwhelm Use momentum to exceed your expectations Make success easier than failure

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Track up to four mini habits with the official tracking calendar. It features streamlined and psychologically superior design to help you focus on what matters most—consistency. Use mini habits to lose weight. It’s the perfect match, because the brain and body alike will only respond well to slow, methodical changes. They will fight attempts to change rapidly. Everyone has harmful perfectionistic tendencies. This book teaches you how to become a happier, more productive imperfectionist with 22 mini habit solutions. It’s mini habits… with a twist. Make your habits flexible, with the ability to expand or contract depending on the unique texture of each day.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 22, 2013
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 124 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1494882272
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1494882273
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7.2 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.28 x 9 inches
Book 1 of 3 ‏ : ‎ Mini Habits
Best Sellers Rank: #28,791 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #8 in Study Skills (Books) #77 in Emotional Mental Health #885 in Personal Transformation Self-Help
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