Habit Stacking

97 Small Life Changes That Take Five Minutes or Less

By: S.J. Scott

Narrated by: Greg Zarcone

Length: 2 hrs and 14 mins

Publisher's summary

Discover: How to add dozens of positive changes to your daily routine

Want to improve your life, but don't have enough time? Right now you could easily think of a dozen ways to instantly improve your life. Odds are, these ideas will only take a few minutes apiece to complete. The problem? You might feel like there's not enough time to do all of them. One solution can be found using the power of "habit stacking."

One Routine and Multiple Habits = Habit Stacking

We all know it's not easy to add dozens of new habits to your day. But what you might not realize is it's fairly easy to build a single new routine. The essence of habit stacking is to take a series of small changes (like eating a piece of fruit or sending a loving text message to your significant other) and build a ritual that you follow on a daily basis.

Habit stacking works because you eliminate the stress of trying to change too many things at once. Your goal is to simply focus on a single routine that only takes about 15 to 30 minutes to complete. Within this routine is a series of actions (or small changes). All you have to do is to create a checklist and follow it every single day. That's the essence of habit stacking.

In the book Habit Stacking: 97 Small Life Changes That Take Five Minutes Or Less, you will discover 97 quick habits that can instantly improve your life. Plus you'll discover how to create a simple routine (managed by a checklist) that you repeat on a daily basis. Even better, you'll discover a few tools that will keep you motivated and consistent. So even if you're completely stressed out, you'll still find the time and energy to complete these actions on a consistent basis.

By completing dozens of small habits on a daily basis, you'll be able to make giant leaps forward in your business, strengthen your personal relationships, stay on top of your finances, get organized and improve your health.

©2014 S.J. Scott (P)2014 S.J. Scott

Great book

pretty good book need to listen to it one more time to develop my good habits

Helpful book

This book gives practical helpful advice for people looking to improve their good habits. Good.

Ok Book. Happy I bought it

The author admits the things he's mentioning isn't ground breaking or hasn't been mentioned before but the tips and ideas aren't time consuming and can create a positive change in ones life. I think I would need PDA to really apply the habits. I really like the awareness the book brings that a little well spent time can go a long way. Also a pleasant voice to listen to. I'm happy for the purchase

Simple, powerful ideas

I tried the suggestions for a week and am amazed at my ability to get things done. I have only tried the productivity habits, but I plan to incorporate more each month.

Another awesome book

This is the second book by SJ Scott I have listened to and am once again NOT disappointed. Wonderful strategies broken down to allow you the power to build your own system.

Time to start stacking!

Good advice I know I should do. But now Scott has given me a plan to make it happen! Happy stacking!

Worth Trying

The book is simple but if you use just one habit stack you can change or clean up your life with relative ease.

The Title is the Book

What did you like best about Habit Stacking? What did you like least?

The point. The examples were tedious and trite. The idea of combining actions that are of a short duration, into clumps or groups develops a mini routine. Routines are beneficial. One example he uses I do. The first thing I do is make the bed. Now I see it would be easy to add on another five minute task to be performed immediately after it. When that becomes mindless, add another one. Maybe as many as five. But at least three. For that particular grouping. That is habit stacking. That is a good idea. It would be a painless way to develop more routines and habits beneficial to clearing my head and time management. Nothing about the book goes on to make any other point. So really one just needs to think about the title. What habit-stacking could possibly be.

What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?

The performance was also somewhat tedious. Not the most pleasing voice ever.

Did Habit Stacking inspire you to do anything?

Yes, I am going to floss and brush my teeth before I have coffee. Immediately after I make the bed. I am going to empty the dishwasher while the coffee is being made. Now I have stacked two more habits onto the existing routine I established of immediately making my bed. None of his other examples were beneficial to me. But the idea is. And I can create other habits stacks.

Any additional comments?

I think it was worth the few dollars it cost to buy the book and I listened to a little bit more than half of it. And I don't regret it.

Nothing new. But still useful as a reminder.

Nothing new. But still useful as a reminder. You are likely to find a few new ideas..

Interesting Listen

I thought the overall. content was interesting, the reason I gave it a 4 rating is because realistically the times needed would be more than the author's predictions. The book made me think on how I can make my life more productive and I will begin applying these habits now. I am going to recommend this book to my children to make their lives go more smoothly and get more out of their time; I wish I would have read this when I was in my 20 ' s instead of approaching my 60's! If I get one thing out of a book I'm happy ,I got a lot more than one!