The Habit Guide Ebook: My Most Effective Habit Methods & Solutions

By Leo Babauta

I’m thrilled to share with you my newest ebook about habits, and perhaps my best yet on the topic: The Habit Guide: Zen Habits’ Effective Habit Methods & Solutions.

I wrote this for the Kickstarter backers of my Habit Zen app (so if you’re a backer, don’t buy this, check your Kickstarter updates for links to the book) … but I also had all of you in mind. I think this is a great guide for anyone who struggles with habits

Some of the essentials from the guide:

• The basic mechanics of forming a habit
• The one reason we fail to stick to a habit
• A dozen+ effective methods for overcoming that obstacle (tested by me and many others)
• Solutions to the most common habit problems
• A whole section on forming the most common habits: exercise, eating healthily, meditation, journaling, writing, sleeping well, beating procrastination and more.

Trust me, this book is packed as full as I could pack it with all the best methods for forming habits, ones that I’ve tested on myself and many people I’ve coached in the 11+ years I’ve been forming habits.

This book is aimed at:

• Beginners who want a guide to forming habits
• Anyone who has struggled with habits
• People who are willing to put in the work to form one habit at a time
• People who want to learn to be flexible, overcome struggle, form mindfulness

If you’re an advanced habit practitioner, you probably won’t need this. I only briefly talk about more advanced topics like quitting a bad habit or forming irregular or emotional/mental habits or other difficult practices. I’m going to put out a course in the Spring called “Habit Mastery” that will focus on these types of topics.

But for everyone else, I think this is a great guide. If you’re ready to change your life, one habit at a time, I highly recommend this ebook.

The Ebook & Two Package Deals

I’ve created a few options with this guide … the first is just to get the ebook, and the other two packages have some short videos I’ve created to go with the ebook.

You can buy just the ebook here (in PDF, Kindle & iBooks formats) for $5.99:

Buy the Ebook

The first package (let’s call it “Habit Gold“, priced at $9.99) also contains three videos to go along with the ebook:

1. The Meditation Habit: How I’ve set up my meditation habit, what cushion I use, how I sit.
2. Lentils recipe video: A video of me making the lentils, tofu and greens recipe I am currently eating every day.
3. The Journal Habit: How I set up my journaling habit and what app I use.

You can buy the Habit Gold package with the 3 video downloads and the ebook in 3 formats here:

Habit Gold Package

The 2nd package (let’s call it “Habit Platinum“, priced at $12.99) contains six videos (the three in Habit Gold plus three more) to go along with the ebook:

1. The Meditation Habit: How I’ve set up my meditation habit, what cushion I use, how I sit.
2. Lentils recipe video: A video of me making the lentils, tofu and greens recipe I am currently eating every day.
3. The Journal Habit: How I set up my journaling habit and what app I use.
4. Mindful Eating Habit: How I practice mindful eating.
5. The Writing Habit: My daily writing habit, what apps I use, how I write.
6. Resistance Meditation: The crucial meditation on resistance described in the book, shown in action.

You can buy the Habit Platinum package with the 6 video downloads and the ebook in 3 formats here:

Habit Platinum Package

Contents

Here’s the table of contents:

Introduction: Why Habits Are Important

Part I: How to Stick to a Habit

• Chapter 1: Overview of Habit Mechanics
• Chapter 2: Why People Struggle
• Chapter 3: Overcoming Resistance & Procrastination
• Chapter 4: One Habit at a Time
• Chapter 5: Prioritizing Habits & Balancing Multiple Habits
• Chapter 6: Start Small, Take Tiny Steps
• Chapter 7: Finding Time for Habits
• Chapter 8: Remembering — Set Reminders for the Habit
• Chapter 9: Deeper Motivation
• Chapter 10: Fully Commit (& the Inertia of Starting)
• Chapter 11: Don’t Overdo Your Habit
• Chapter 12: Accountability & Unmissable Consequences
• Chapter 13: Facing Resistance with Mindfulness
• Chapter 14: The Just Get Started Mindset
• Chapter 15: Rule – Don’t Miss Two Days
• Chapter 16: Distractions
• Chapter 17: Overcoming Disruptions Like Illness & Travel
• Chapter 18: Overcoming a Slump
• Chapter 19: Create the Right Environment
• Chapter 20: Practice the Skill of Mindfulness
• Chapter 21: Journaling & Reflecting
• Chapter 22: Don’t Rely on Feeling Like It
• Chapter 23: Don’t Talk Yourself Out of It
• Chapter 24: Getting Through the Dip
• Chapter 25: Restarting & Re-motivating
• Chapter 26: On Consistency
• Chapter 27: Overcoming Adversity
• Chapter 28: Changing Your Identity
• Chapter 29: Dealing with Negative Thinking
• Chapter 30: Habit Questions & Other Struggles

Part II: Quitting a Habit, Common Habits

• Chapter 31: Overview of Quitting a Bad Habit
• Chapter 32: Irregular or Frequent Habits
• Chapter 33: Eating Habits
• Chapter 34: Exercise Habits
• Chapter 35: Discipline, Procrastination, & Motivation Habits
• Chapter 36: Meditation & Mindfulness Habits
• Chapter 37: Sleep & Waking Early Habits
• Chapter 38: Writing or Journaling Daily
• Chapter 39: Financial Habits
• Chapter 40: Notes on Other Habits

Book Formats

I’ve written the book in PDF, Kindle (mobi) and iBooks (epub) formats. You can buy them all in one compressed file here for $5.99:

Buy the Ebook

Kindle Store: If you just want to buy the book from the Amazon Kindle store, you can buy it here for $5.99. That will only be the Kindle format, though. I would love it if you gave me a good review and/or rating! (Note: It should be available in all of the global Amazon stores.)

iBooks Store: If you just want to buy the book from the Apple iBooks store, you can buy it here for $4.99. That will only be the iBooks/epub format, though. And again, I would love it if you gave me a good review and/or rating! (Note: It’s available in all of the global iBooks stores.)

Also, the Habit Gold package includes the three ebook formats (PDF, mobi, epub) plus a package of three videos for $9.99 that you can buy here:

Habit Gold Package

And finally, the Habit Platinum package includes the three ebook formats (PDF, mobi, epub) plus a package of six videos for $12.99 that you can buy here:

Habit Platinum Package

Table of Contents & Sample Chapters

If you’d like to see the table of contents, plus the introduction and first two chapters, you can download/open the PDF here:

Table of Contents & Sample Chapters

Questions

You have questions, I have answers.

Q: What do I get when I buy the ebook?

A: If you buy it using the blue “buy the ebook” button above, you’ll get a PDF with links to the PDF, epub (for iBooks) and mobi (for Kindle) files.

If you buy from the Kindle store, you’ll just get the Kindle book.

If you buy from the iBooks store, you’ll just get the epub version.

If you buy the Habit Gold package, you’ll get the three formats plus links to download three companion videos that I’ve recorded.

Finally, you can buy Habit Platinum Package with the 6 video downloads and the ebook in 3 formats.

Q: Is there a print version? What about an audiobook version?

A: No, sorry. This is only being released as an ebook.

Q: I bought the package, but where are the video files?

A: Open the PDF file you downloaded … there are links to download the video files in the PDF.

Q: Did you do the design yourself?

A: No, I wish! The cover was designed by Dave of Spyre, and the interior was designed by Shawn Mihalik.

Q: I’m hugely disappointed and want my money back!

A: I’m sorry to hear that. There’s a 100% money back guarantee on all my books. Just email support@zenhabits.net and we’ll give you a full refund. I don’t want unhappy customers.