The document summarizes the book "Atomic Habits" by James Clear. It discusses how small, daily improvements of 1% can lead to significant gains over time. It also notes that people should focus on building habits and identity, rather than goals, by making cues obvious, responses easy, and rewards satisfying. The book provides lessons on creating good habits through cues, cravings, responses, and rewards, as well as breaking bad habits by making them invisible, unattractive, difficult, and unsatisfying.
The document summarizes the book "Atomic Habits" by James Clear. It discusses how small, daily improvements of 1% can lead to significant gains over time. It also notes that people should focus on building habits and identity, rather than goals, by making cues obvious, responses easy, and rewards satisfying. The book provides lessons on creating good habits through cues, cravings, responses, and rewards, as well as breaking bad habits by making them invisible, unattractive, difficult, and unsatisfying.
The document summarizes the book "Atomic Habits" by James Clear. It discusses how small, daily improvements of 1% can lead to significant gains over time. It also notes that people should focus on building habits and identity, rather than goals, by making cues obvious, responses easy, and rewards satisfying. The book provides lessons on creating good habits through cues, cravings, responses, and rewards, as well as breaking bad habits by making them invisible, unattractive, difficult, and unsatisfying.
Atomic Habits: An easy and proven way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones. Writer: James Clear
Preview: (what we are Gonna learn)
1) Small habits make a big difference We put pressure on ourselves to make some earth-shattering improvement that everyone will talk about. Improving 1% is not particularly notable but can be more meaningful Infact, improving 1% everyday for one year will end up 37 times better by the time you are done. We make a few changes, but the result never seem to come quickly and we back off. Imagine you are flying from LAX ajusts the
2) Forget about setting goals. Focus on your system instead.
Winner and lose have the same goals. Acheiveing a goal is only a monetary change Example cleaning a house.
3) Building Identity Based Habits
(Smoker, “No thanks I am trying to quit it” Instead “No thanks, I am not a smoker”)
Focus a person you want to be.
Prove it to yourself with small wins.
The goal is not to read a book, the goal is to become a reader
The goal is not to run a marathon, the goal is to become a runner The goal is not to learn an instrument, the goal is to become a musician. Preview of the topic: Contents of the book: How to create a good habit? Cue (1st Law): make it obvious Craving (2nd Law): make it Attractive Response (3rd Law): make it easy Reward (4th Law): Make it satisfying
How to break a bad habit?
Make it invisible Make it unattractive Make it difficult Make it unsatisfying
Lesson 1: Small habits make a big difference
Lesson 2: Forget about setting goals. Focus on your system instead. Lesson 3: Build identity-based habits (Example: Smoking, “Wants to quit”)