Greetings Readers!
Welcome to Part III of our Perennial Habits course — exploring the art (and science) of change. Here are the two previous email meditations: How to Change, When Change is Hard, and How to “Think” About Change.
As a reminder, this 7-week Perennial Habits course consists of email meditations every Tuesday and Friday, along with live meetups over Zoom on Apr 26th, May 10th, and May 24th. As always, if you have any questions or concerns — feel free to email me or leave a comment!
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The Paradox of Small Changes
The paradox of small changes adding up is probably not a new idea to you. Zeno (the Founder of Stoicism) said more than two millennia ago, “Well-being is realized by small steps, but is truly no small thing.” Similarly, the Buddha observed that “drop by drop, the water pot is filled.” The wise one, gathering it little by little, is filled with good.
More recently, authors like James Clear (Atomic Habits) and B.J. Fogg (Tiny Habits) helped to popularize these ancient ideas. One of the reasons embracing these types of ideas is problematic is that it requires us to think both big and small.
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