Different parts are likely to resonate with different readers but I found a lot of helpful information in this book, especially in one of the final chapters about how to stay motivated — Mastery requires practice. Afterward, it´s often difficult to say how the final results, ideas, solutions paths developed, but conditioning oneself to combine focus and flow to hard fun and gamification, optional collaborative learning, yuck, might be a good alternative to just partying hard. The likes of “habit stacking” and “habit tracking” are things that I have started implementing since reading this. It's a visual cue and a reminder that exercise is part of your day – almost like laying out your superhero costume! When I think about the habits I have and what they say about my identity, or what I want them to say about my identity, I can see the logic in this.

This made a lot of sense to me, but I do think that Clear should have addresses deeper emotional issues and gave readers resources so as not to mislead them into believing that they can change their identity by action (repeating new habits) alone. I divided that number by 7 and knew that I needed to achieve that many votes per day to get to where I needed to be. While each example is a success story, it would connect to a larger and diverse audience if there were examples that readers/listeners who weren't white or male could connect to as well. Habitually running and writing each day, habitually working towards them and remaining committed to the process of daily improvement.

I've seen it on so many list of "life-changing non fiction" next to deeply misogynistic authors and it's popular with people promoting hustle culture so I didn't expect it to work for me. But it isn't just your identity your habits represent, they are also the foundation of your system and as Clear says if your system isn't supporting your desired outcome then you aren't focusing enough on your habits. When you fall in love with the process rather than the product, you don’t have to wait to permit yourself to be happy. Despite the hype surrounding it, I find myself once again let down by a tired, regurgitated pop psychology book that fails to deliver. As if this wasn´t already painful and difficult enough, the self experimental subject now has to implement unused, and thereby for the crying, sobbing, angry brain very painful, new neuronal integrated circuits because, as one knows, reptile stem brain and monkeys social anxiety wants one to run far away from everything new, different, possibly dangerous.

What you do now is a mirror image of the type of person you believe that you are (either consciously or subconsciously). For example: if you want to watch less TV - keep it unplugged - only plugin if you can say out loud the name of the show you want to watch. It was that time when I found out about the book “Atomic Habits” from one of his book review videos. I already know how boiling water works, thanks, can we get to the part where you tell me something I haven't heard from seven other productivity books already? After reading this book, I decided to apply Clear’s tips to my new year goal of practising yoga every day.The key is to "keep your identity small," (some investor guy says) because your identity will change as your role changes (or with age). I actually think this is key information that provides a healthy balance in life, and belongs right up there in chapter 1 with all the other information about identity. Este es otro gran amigo de papel que me encuentro en el camino; amigo que me otorga multitud de enseñanzas para practicar en mi vida personal. For example, if I want to break my bad habit of waking up late, I’ll pick up the Atomic Habits and find the lesson about how to break that bad habit. He further adds that while it's good to have goals, to give us some direction on where we want to go in life, we shouldn't focus on just achieving the goal, but rather ensuring our system supports us in achieving that goal first.

As the old behaviors often aren´t directly harmful, just unproductive and used, they will come whispering and trying to get a hold of the subconscious mind to develop back towards the beginning. Also, it was more about using habits to be "successful" in a traditional sense, by making your way to the top of the corporate ladder or excelling in whatever you do, being fit or elite or whatever, instead of improving relationships, decision making, work/life balance, or overall, just being a good person. In the chapter about tracking habits, the author shares an anecdote about Benjamin Franklin’s habit of carrying a journal everywhere to track thirteen virtues.All I want is a productive little audiobook to listen to while I work, helpfully filled with tips to improve my life. The same way that money multiplies through compound interest, the effects of your habits multiply as you repeat them. This book is especially grating as it's filled with cute little platitudes like "the same boiling water will soften a potato and harden an egg". Reading is a healthy habit that is proven to decrease cognitive decline and increase focus, memory, and productivity! It's perhaps worth noting that my grievances with Atomic Habits are in the minority - many find this book amazing, so don't let my words prevent you reading this if you think it could be helpful.