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4.16 AVERAGE
4.16 AVERAGE
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reflective
fast-paced
Listen. This is not anything earth shattering. BUT...if you need something to put a little pep in your step to kick a habit you've been meaning to kick or start a habit you've been meaning start, this could be helpful.
This is chock full of practical advice that should resonate with a lot of people. I'm guessing it has given the "OVER 15 MILLION COPIES SOLD" boast on the front cover. Unless that was all from a few thousand companies handing these out to all their sales dudes to get them to make more cold calls, I'd say this has had the opportunity to help quite a few folks.
Note that I said HELP, not CHANGE THEIR LIFE (but if this did change your life, I am as happy for you as a complete stranger can be). Don't expect miracles. James Clear certainly doesn't. He makes it clear that there is some hard work involved in forming good habits or shedding not so great habits. But that it's still very doable for everyone.
Here's some practical stuff in here that made a lot of sense to me -
▪️ . . . changes that seem small and unimportant at first with compound into remarkable results if you're willing to stick with them for years.
▪️ Many people think they lack motivation when what they really lack is clarity. It is not always obvious when and where to take action. Some people spend their entire lives waiting for the time to be right to make an improvement.
▪️ This is the secret to self-control. Make the cues of your good habits obvious and the cues of your bad habits invisible.
▪️ Being in motion vs taking action (just planning/researching vs doing the actual thing)
▪️ Using visual measures to show progress (moving marbles, paperclips, whatever small object from one jar to another to show progress when progress isn't yet visible on yourself)
▪️ Don't break the chain. Followed by this great advice for us quitters out there:
Never miss twice. . .As soon as one streak ends, I get started on the next one.
The first mistake is never the one that ruins you. It is the spiral of repeated mistakes that follows. Missing once is an accident. Missing twice is the start of a new habit.
▪️ And an oldie but a goodie - If nothing changes, nothing is going to change.
Followed by:
It is a simple two step process:
1. Decide the type of person you want to be.
2. Prove it to yourself with small wins.
While not a complete game changer for me, there are plenty of tips I'd like to try to implement. This is also written well for being nonfiction. It's not too dry, not too long, and not too difficult to understand. I found the first two-thirds to be more helpful than the last bit, but that could be different for everyone.
I'd recommend for those needing that habit pep or push.
Plus the hard cover version is actually kind of gorgeous and pretty much belongs on a shelf next to YA romantasy (warning: this is NOT YA romantasy in any shape or form except the pretty shimmery gold words on the spine and cover).
4 Stars
This is chock full of practical advice that should resonate with a lot of people. I'm guessing it has given the "OVER 15 MILLION COPIES SOLD" boast on the front cover. Unless that was all from a few thousand companies handing these out to all their sales dudes to get them to make more cold calls, I'd say this has had the opportunity to help quite a few folks.
Note that I said HELP, not CHANGE THEIR LIFE (but if this did change your life, I am as happy for you as a complete stranger can be). Don't expect miracles. James Clear certainly doesn't. He makes it clear that there is some hard work involved in forming good habits or shedding not so great habits. But that it's still very doable for everyone.
Here's some practical stuff in here that made a lot of sense to me -
▪️ . . . changes that seem small and unimportant at first with compound into remarkable results if you're willing to stick with them for years.
▪️ Many people think they lack motivation when what they really lack is clarity. It is not always obvious when and where to take action. Some people spend their entire lives waiting for the time to be right to make an improvement.
▪️ This is the secret to self-control. Make the cues of your good habits obvious and the cues of your bad habits invisible.
▪️ Being in motion vs taking action (just planning/researching vs doing the actual thing)
▪️ Using visual measures to show progress (moving marbles, paperclips, whatever small object from one jar to another to show progress when progress isn't yet visible on yourself)
▪️ Don't break the chain. Followed by this great advice for us quitters out there:
Never miss twice. . .As soon as one streak ends, I get started on the next one.
The first mistake is never the one that ruins you. It is the spiral of repeated mistakes that follows. Missing once is an accident. Missing twice is the start of a new habit.
▪️ And an oldie but a goodie - If nothing changes, nothing is going to change.
Followed by:
It is a simple two step process:
1. Decide the type of person you want to be.
2. Prove it to yourself with small wins.
While not a complete game changer for me, there are plenty of tips I'd like to try to implement. This is also written well for being nonfiction. It's not too dry, not too long, and not too difficult to understand. I found the first two-thirds to be more helpful than the last bit, but that could be different for everyone.
I'd recommend for those needing that habit pep or push.
Plus the hard cover version is actually kind of gorgeous and pretty much belongs on a shelf next to YA romantasy (warning: this is NOT YA romantasy in any shape or form except the pretty shimmery gold words on the spine and cover).
4 Stars
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
This book does a good job of making complicated topics feel easily digestible. It could be 5 stars, but for me, this isn’t a topic that I would want to read more about or that made me want to dig deeper. Still an excellent book and would recommend for anyone struggling with making good decisions and habits in their life :)
Generally pretty real. Probably very good for someone who is doing pretty badly. Personally as someone who does alright, but not amazing with good habits I didn't get much that I didn't already understand for personal experience and attempted self-improvement. I also think this is definitely a little overly optimistic and doesn't contend with the possibilities that can truly destroy good habits like how debilitating some setbacks can be. Common habits like working out can, and for me personally have, led to extremely long term injury through very little fault of my own and that plus other life responsibilities are something that this book definitely dances around or doesn't akways fully acknowledge. But I suppose that would be a pretty depressing conclusion, "you can maybe start good habits but 50% chance they'll get ruined ans nothing you can do about it. bye." I guess I dont really know what I want from this book. My time reading it probably would have been better spend doing the habits I wanted to build.
I like the ideas and the systems proposed in the book and think the author does a good job of showing practical uses. My main issue is the same issue I have with the majority of self help books which is that it's 100 pages of fluff to present good ideas.
Not much of a self help book kind of girl, but lately my life has been spiralling out of control, so here I am with the self help books.
This helped me think a little more clearly about the person I want to be and how to achieve this by making the smallest changes to my everyday life.
How it's not about going from 1 to 100. How to break down bad habits and build good ones. Make it easy, make it interesting.
There's a lot more then that of course, I highly recommend you give it a go. I won't know the full impact of this book till later this year.
One of many of my favourite quotes:
"Choose a habit that best suits you, not the one that is most popular"
This helped me think a little more clearly about the person I want to be and how to achieve this by making the smallest changes to my everyday life.
How it's not about going from 1 to 100. How to break down bad habits and build good ones. Make it easy, make it interesting.
There's a lot more then that of course, I highly recommend you give it a go. I won't know the full impact of this book till later this year.
One of many of my favourite quotes:
"Choose a habit that best suits you, not the one that is most popular"
I knew a lot of this because I read about this stuff all the time but this is as good a book as any. Lots of free downloads and a killer email list too.
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