Atomic Habits: Required reading for the LSAT

​I recently finished reading Atomic Habits and I loved it.

I often tell my students that a central part of improving on the LSAT comes down to habits.

Habits apply to having a regular routine so you have a consistent study schedule but perhaps even more to implementing what you’ve learned. LSAT students have to master a lot of techniques, ideally very effective techniques. But considering just how many things you need to put into practice, it really is a lot. You need to implement those techniques automatically, “like a machine,” as JY Ping of 7Sage, would say. We simply don’t have the luxury going into a reading passage to stop and say OK, let me remind myself of the things I need to annotate and look for in this passage, and focus on what we need to do at the same time for all four passages in a span of 35 minutes.

Your technique is only as effective as your ability to implement it. Again, that means automatically, without having to even “deliberately think”about it. That’s where habits come in.

I wish this book was written when I was studying for the LSAT. It’s well worth your time!