The Surprising Power of Atomic Habits
US Geography
Potpourri
100

This strategy was referred to by British Cycling Coach Dave Brailsford as searching for a tiny margin of improvement in everything you do.

What is "the aggregation of marginal gains"?


"The whole principle came from the idea that if you broke down everything you could think of that goes into riding a bike, and then improve it by 1 percent, you will get a significant increase when you put them all together."

100

This mountain is an active volcano that is best known for its 1980 eruption, the deadliest volcanic event in the history of the United States

What is Mount St. Helens?

100

This famous company was originally named "Backrub".

What is Google?

200

These are the compound interest of self-improvement.

What are "habits"?


The same way that money multiplies through compound interest, the effects of your habits multiply as you repeat them. They seem to make little difference on any given day and yet the impact they deliver over the months and years can be enormous. It is only when looking back two, five, or perhaps ten years later that the value of good habits and the cost of bad ones becomes strikingly apparent. 

200

This mountain range runs through Virginia, Kentucky, and West Virginia

What are the Appalachian Mountains?

200

This college basketball player has NBA teams tanking and salivating at the opportunity to "Capture the Flagg" with the number 1 overall pick in the 2025 NBA draft.

Who is Cooper Flagg?

300

In order to make a meaningful difference, habits need to persist long enough to break through this.

What is "The Plateau of Latent Potential"?


If you find yourself struggling to build a good habit or break a bad one, it is not because you have lost your ability to improve. It is often because you have not yet crossed the Plateau of Latent Potential. Com‑ plaining about not achieving success despite working hard is like complaining about an ice cube not melting when you heated it from twenty-five to thirty-one degrees. Your work was not wasted; it is just being stored. All the action happens at thirty two-degrees.  

300

This City is the Capital of Illinois.

What is Springfield?

300

This is the number of square feet in an acre.

What is 43,560 SF?

400

The author states, "Eventually, I began to realize that my results had very little to do with the goals I set and nearly everything to do with the BLANK I followed."

What are "systems"? 

Goals are about the results you want to achieve. Systems are about the processes that lead to those results. 

In the words of three-time Super Bowl winner Bill Walsh, “The score takes care of itself.”


400

This is the longest river in the United States.

What is the Missouri River?

400

These four countries are currently playing in the NHL's 4 Nations Face Off, replacing this year's All-Star game.

What are the United States, Canada, Finland, and Sweden?

500

Habits are like the BLANK of our lives. Each one is a fundamental unit that contributes to your overall improvement.

What are "atoms"?


This is the meaning of the phrase atomic habits—a regular practice or routine that is not only small and easy to do, but also the source of incredible power; a component of the system of compound growth.

500

These five U.S. states border the newly named Gulf of America.

What are Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida

500

This is the 2025 Property Reserve Theme.

What is Excellence Through Focus?

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