

Incremental gains – even slow ones are still gains and sometimes the key to success.Ĭlear is all about hacking habits and the tips and tricks to making them stick – and I have been loving reading a lot of this kind of material in any spare time I have during lockdown. If you get just 1% better at something each day… at the end of the year you are significantly better than you were before you started… and this is something worth thinking about. Here is a precis.Ĭlear suggests that habits may appear small, but that small changes, over time can create a tremendous impact.


The book is called Atomic Habits by James Clear and it is both readable and engaging if the subject interests you. But recently I read an excellent book I have already mentioned on The Wellbeing Hive, which shows you some of the best ways to adopt a new habit. Let’s face it – doing the right thing is an effort sometimes, and starting a new health kick or taking on a new practice in our lives can be a challenge – let alone during this stressful period. Have you got a bad habit you are keen to break? Need a few tips to “hack” yourself and the reasons we give ourselves for not doing things we know we are going to benefit from?
