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A review by jackienorris
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear
3.0
I like how this book was really concrete on how to manage your habits. It's not full of "life-hacks" or "this way worked for me so that's how you should do it," because that's what a lot of habit books feel like to me. Here are my main take-aways:
- Focus on your systems, not necessarily your goals. You don't rise to your goals, you fall back to your systems
- His ice cube analogy and the threshold of change. (if you change by one degree everyday, you won't notice change until you cross a certain threshold but it doesn't mean change isn't happening).
- Acheive clarity. "I will do (this activity) at (this time) at (this place)."
- Environment is greater than motivation. Change contexts.
- Self-control is only a short term strategy
- An anticipation of a reward spikes more dopamine than actually receiving the reward
- Habits are ususally responses to evolutionary desires (belonging, eating, reproduction). Use the base desire to shift it to something positive. (Desire for belonging: stop scrolling Instagram and make a lunch date with friends).
- Focus on quantity over quality. Just get your reps in. Establish first, then improve.
- Habits are necessary but are not sufficient for mastery. Make time for deliberate practice.
- Focus on your systems, not necessarily your goals. You don't rise to your goals, you fall back to your systems
- His ice cube analogy and the threshold of change. (if you change by one degree everyday, you won't notice change until you cross a certain threshold but it doesn't mean change isn't happening).
- Acheive clarity. "I will do (this activity) at (this time) at (this place)."
- Environment is greater than motivation. Change contexts.
- Self-control is only a short term strategy
- An anticipation of a reward spikes more dopamine than actually receiving the reward
- Habits are ususally responses to evolutionary desires (belonging, eating, reproduction). Use the base desire to shift it to something positive. (Desire for belonging: stop scrolling Instagram and make a lunch date with friends).
- Focus on quantity over quality. Just get your reps in. Establish first, then improve.
- Habits are necessary but are not sufficient for mastery. Make time for deliberate practice.