How does the book "Atomic Habits" explain the psychology behind habit formation?

The book "Atomic Habits" by James Clear explains the psychology behind habit formation through a four-step model: cue, craving, response, and reward. This model suggests that habits are formed when a certain cue triggers a craving, leading to a response, which then provides a reward. This cycle, when repeated, forms a habit. To break a bad habit, one needs to invert these steps. The book also emphasizes the importance of making tasks as easy as possible to encourage habit formation.

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This is exactly what the Japanese manufacturers of cars and electronics did. They made it as easy as possible for their workers to form habits and complete each task they needed to do as efficiently and accurately as possible. As a result, by 1974 American televisions received five times as many service calls as their Japanese counterparts. And by 1979 Japanese manufacturers assembled their sets three times as quickly as American manufacturers. Conversely, a bad habit can be broken if one inverts these four steps:

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Atomic Habits

Why is it so hard to form new habits and break bad ones? We read Atomic Habits by James Clear, which explores the psychology behind habit formation an...

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