The mini habit of 1 push-up a day had helped him to gradually build up his physical and mental strength while cultivating the habit of exercising regularly. He soon found himself achieving this goal consistently, and even ended up doing extra push-ups or even completing 20-30 minutes of workout. Guise decided to do 1 push-up a day instead of his 30-minute workouts. When he completed the push-up, he felt so good that he continued with another one pull-up. It seemed so effortless that he simply did it without deliberation.

The turning point came when he convinced himself to do just one push-up. Guise discovered mini habits by chance: he wanted to get fit, but struggled to get himself to start and continue his 30-minute workouts. In this Mini Habits summary we’ll give an overview of why and how mini habits work.įor the full details, examples and tips, do get a detailed overview with our complete book summary bundle. For example, a goal of 50 push-ups a day can be minified to 1 push-up a day a goal of reading 1 book a week can be minified into reading 1 page (or even 1 paragraph) a day.

It should be such a tiny step that you’d feel almost stupid doing it. In this book, Stephen Guise presents a strategy of using “mini habits” to overcome your brain’s natural resistance so you can easily add healthy habits to transform your life. A mini habit is a very small version of a positive new habit you want to form. Yet, anyone who has tried to change existing habits or build new habits will know how difficult the process can be. Positive habits can multiply your results and success.

Smaller habits bigger results