The Nano Step: So Small It's Silly

When a habit won’t take root — shrink it to absurdity. One push-up. One page. One deep breath. A nano-habit.

Sounds silly? Right. A nano-step should seem laughably small. That’s exactly why the brain doesn’t resist — there’s nothing to be afraid of.

The secret is that the most important part of a habit isn’t volume. It’s regularity. One push-up every morning is better than ten on weekends twice a month.

And when you do one, you often do two. And three. Not because you decided to, but because inertia is already at work.

Tip: pick the habit that won’t stick, and shrink it to an absurdly small size. Do exactly that. In a week — see what happened.