Atomic Habits: Difference between revisions

📘 '''''{{Tooltip|Atomic Habits|Best-selling book on building good habits}}''''' is a self-help book by writer {{Tooltip|James Clear|American writer on habits and behaviour change}}, first published in the {{Tooltip|United States|Country in North America}} by {{Tooltip|Avery|American book imprint; first publisher}} on 16 October 2018 under the subtitle ''{{Tooltip|An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones|Subtitle of the book’s first edition}}''.<ref name="PRH2018">{{cite web |title=Atomic Habits by James Clear |url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/543993/atomic-habits-by-james-clear/ |website=Penguin Random House |publisher=Avery |date=16 October 2018 |access-date=26 September 2025}}</ref><ref name="OCLC1090565304">{{cite web |title=Atomic habits : tiny changes, remarkable results : an easy & proven way to build good habits & break bad ones |url=https://search.worldcat.org/title/atomic-habits-tiny-changes-remarkable-results-an-easy-and-proven-way-to-build-good-habits-and-break-bad-ones/oclc/1090565304 |website=WorldCat |publisher=OCLC |access-date=26 September 2025}}</ref> It sets out a {{Tooltip|framework}} for behaviour change built around four stages—cue, craving, response and reward—and turns them into four “laws” of practice: make it obvious, make it attractive, make it easy, and make it satisfying.<ref name="MarmotTOC">{{cite web |title=Atomic Habits — Table of contents |url=https://cmc.marmot.org/Record/.b58265466 |website=Marmot Library Network |publisher=Colorado Mountain College Libraries |access-date=26 September 2025}}</ref> The book’s structure is a six-part, twenty-chapter guide that mixes case studies, checklists and end-of-chapter summaries to help readers apply techniques such as environment design and “habit stacking”.<ref name="MarmotTOC"/> In the {{Tooltip|UK|Country of England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland}} it appeared from {{Tooltip|Random House Business/Ebury|UK publisher imprints that released the book}} soon after the {{Tooltip|US|Country in North America}} release.<ref name="PRHUK">{{cite web |title=Atomic Habits |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/434095/atomic-habits-by-james-clear/9781847941831 |website=Penguin Books UK |publisher=Random House Business |date=18 October 2018 |access-date=26 September 2025}}</ref> The publisher states that ''{{Tooltip|Atomic Habits|Best-selling book on building good habits}}'' is a #1 ''{{Tooltip|New York Times|US newspaper famous for bestseller lists}}'' bestseller, has sold over 25 million copies worldwide, and has been translated into more than 60 languages.<ref name="PRH2018"/>