He mentioned of tales of when he wasn’t the productivity guru that he is today. There was enough storytelling to build a rapport between myself and James Clear. What I liked about Atomic Habits James Clear was human By being more alert and aware when I’m working, I can focus on improving in small ways because I’m actually aware of the actions I’m making as opposed to just doing an action like I always did it. This forces your constantly buzzing mind to focus on what you are doing as opposed to simply letting your mind go on ‘autopilot’ while working.

The concept is simple, you call out what you are doing and point at it when you are going to do it. This was a foreign concept to me when I came across this in the book. So this made me think of using more positive reinforcement in my life to make my good habits more ‘satisfying’ (and this will encourage me to do it more often). As a gamer, the positive enforcement when I do the ‘right’ thing in games encourages me to continue doing that action. These laws are to make it obvious, make it attractive, make it easy, and make it satisfying: The final one of ‘make it satisfying’ was the one that really stood out to me. However focusing on small things I can improve as opposed to making bigger (and harder) drastic changes is a lot more impactful over time. I’ve never considered any of my improvements to be 1% improvements, after all, when I make an improvement, it’s usually a noticeable one. So what was better than starting the new year with a book I wanted to read the year prior? What I learned from Atomic Habits The concept of improving by 1% was mind blowing

This book was one that I wanted to read in 2019, but I never got to it. I would listen to it in the shower, while doing my skincare, and during solo car rides in the rare instances I left home alone. I “read” it as an audiobook on a service called “Scribd”. In today’s The Things I Carry post, I discuss Atomic Habits by James Clear.

I know I’ve been guilty of listing resolutions in the beginning of the year, when the energy of the new year is at an all-time high, and then only achieving 10-20% of those resolutions by the end of the new year.Ītomic Habits has reminded me that it’s not about the goals you set, it’s about the daily habits that get you to your goals. Have you ever had New Years Resolutions that never came to fruition?

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