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No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving--every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results.
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This book does a great job of laying down the framework of how habits are formed, and shares insightful strategies for building good habits and breaking bad ones. Even though I was already familiar with research behind habit formation, reading through this book helped me approach habits I’m trying to adopt or break in my own life from different angles.
But the book suffers from the same problems that seem to plague all self-help books. In the chapter about tracking habits, the author shares an an ...more
But the book suffers from the same problems that seem to plague all self-help books. In the chapter about tracking habits, the author shares an an ...more

TLDR;
- "You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems."
- The best way of building a habit is making it part of your identity.
- Make it easy to start: Habits are the entry point - not the goal. "Read 30 books" ⇒ "Read before bed every night" ⇒ "Read one page". Reduce a habit into a 2-minute first step.
- Stick to the plan: "Professionals stick to the schedule, amateurs let life get in the way." Don't be a "fair weather runner" if you want to run a lot.
- Make it ...more
- "You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems."
- The best way of building a habit is making it part of your identity.
- Make it easy to start: Habits are the entry point - not the goal. "Read 30 books" ⇒ "Read before bed every night" ⇒ "Read one page". Reduce a habit into a 2-minute first step.
- Stick to the plan: "Professionals stick to the schedule, amateurs let life get in the way." Don't be a "fair weather runner" if you want to run a lot.
- Make it ...more

May 13, 2019
Annie
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Before starting this book, write down some good habits you want to build and some bad habits you want to break. This book is filled with practical steps and examples. Yes, there are plenty of habit-building books out there (just as there are plenty of diet books but yet there are still more new books published every year). Plenty of people are seeking the right book that resonates with them. The key points in this book are:
* Compound Effect - Very small changes over time will have a big impact.
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* Compound Effect - Very small changes over time will have a big impact.
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The first great book about habits was the Power of Habit. That book was quite theoretical and difficult to apply. This book, Atomic Habits, has a completely different approach. James Clear focused on writing a book that goes deep into every single step of habit creation from a practical point of view. At the end of the day, who we are and what we will achieve depends so much on these small habits that we do every day. James Clear argues, that focusing only on improving those habits will lead to
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Jul 18, 2020
Mario the lone bookwolf
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The nuclear option for pimping, rebranding, fine-tuning, and perfecting grey cells.
Atomic also in one regard: As long as it works, it´s perfect down to the smallest part, each atom. If it fails, it´s radioactive and self cannibalizing, -destructing- and demotivating.
To exaggerate, we can develop great working, social. and creative habits or destroy ourselves with neuroticism going haywire, find great ways to optimate oneself or madness, just read anecdotal filled pop psychology/science/philoso ...more
Atomic also in one regard: As long as it works, it´s perfect down to the smallest part, each atom. If it fails, it´s radioactive and self cannibalizing, -destructing- and demotivating.
To exaggerate, we can develop great working, social. and creative habits or destroy ourselves with neuroticism going haywire, find great ways to optimate oneself or madness, just read anecdotal filled pop psychology/science/philoso ...more

I received this book as a Goodreads giveaway yesterday and immediately settled down to read it. I am always very skeptical of self help books because they often do no get to the root of issues. This one did. James Clear's main arguments are that habits are the compound interest of self improvement and that your identify emerges out of your habits. So, you must expereince a shift in identity for your habits to hold. This made a lot of sense to me, but I do think that Clear should have addresses d
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My 2019 girl boss recommendation. 💕
“Habits do not restrict freedom. They create it. Building habits in the present allows you to do more of what you want in the future.”
This book has helped me build a more productive morning routine and I love it! ☀️ Being a morning person has always been a struggle for me, but this book gives you very clear and very easy steps to create the life you’ve always imagined.
When going through your daily habits, ask yourself, “Does this habit cast a vote for or again ...more
“Habits do not restrict freedom. They create it. Building habits in the present allows you to do more of what you want in the future.”
This book has helped me build a more productive morning routine and I love it! ☀️ Being a morning person has always been a struggle for me, but this book gives you very clear and very easy steps to create the life you’ve always imagined.
When going through your daily habits, ask yourself, “Does this habit cast a vote for or again ...more

“The more pride you have in a particular aspect of your identity, the more motivated you will be to maintain the habits associated with it. If you’re proud of how your hair looks, you’ll develop all sorts of habits to care for and maintain it. If you’re proud of the size of your biceps, you’ll make sure you never skip an upper-body workout. If you’re proud of the scarves you knit, you’ll be more likely to spend hours knitting each week. Once your pride gets involved, you’ll fight tooth a...more

Reading this book feels like reading a homework assignment. James Clear wanted to read a lot of books and make a summary of the concepts he would implement for self-improvement. He also made a point in improve himself in the most hacky way possible. Instead of keeping the summary as personal notes, he published it. The fact that the author boasts about being a writer only makes it worse. You can actually smell the cheap tools he uses to put words into text and build chapters out of thin air. I w
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In an episode of the North Star Podcast with David Perrell, the software entrepreneur Daniel Gross said something that I thought was wise:
The definition of a habit, for me, is something that doesn’t require willpower. How can I build a large collection of habits that are healthy—that are correct—and save them to RAM in my head so that I don’t have to think about them? I would like to have that done by the end of my 20s. I’d like to be in a good place in terms of body composition, in terms of wha...more

This book just climbed to the top as my most favourite self-help non-fiction of the year!
Totally engaging and quite convincing in how the book makes you want to change your bad habits and adopt good ones, this book doesn't talk in a way to make you feel overwhelmed or make you feel like everything you do is wrong or inadequate.
The book doesn't give you impractical tips yet it tells stories and what to learn in how to gradually maintain habits that would benefit you in the long run as well as ho ...more
Totally engaging and quite convincing in how the book makes you want to change your bad habits and adopt good ones, this book doesn't talk in a way to make you feel overwhelmed or make you feel like everything you do is wrong or inadequate.
The book doesn't give you impractical tips yet it tells stories and what to learn in how to gradually maintain habits that would benefit you in the long run as well as ho ...more

Apr 27, 2020
Sara Kamjou
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self-help
یکی از بهترین کتابهای خودیاری که خوندم!
واقعیت اینه که خودم رو لابهلای قانونهای کتاب پیدا میکردم و میگفتم چه جالب منم دقیقا همین کارا رو انجام میدم! از این به بعد اگر کسی ازم بپرسه چطوریه که تو اینقدر به همهی کارات میرسی و پشتکار داری، به جای نمیدونم، میتونم این کتابو معرفی کنم.
کتاب در مورد اینه که چطوری با قوانینی ساده، زندگیمونو بهتر کنیم و روزهامونو بهینهتر بسازیم تا بتونیم به کارهایی که دوست داریم انجام بدیم برسیم و جزء جداییناپذیر روزهامون بشن.
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واقعیت اینه که خودم رو لابهلای قانونهای کتاب پیدا میکردم و میگفتم چه جالب منم دقیقا همین کارا رو انجام میدم! از این به بعد اگر کسی ازم بپرسه چطوریه که تو اینقدر به همهی کارات میرسی و پشتکار داری، به جای نمیدونم، میتونم این کتابو معرفی کنم.
کتاب در مورد اینه که چطوری با قوانینی ساده، زندگیمونو بهتر کنیم و روزهامونو بهینهتر بسازیم تا بتونیم به کارهایی که دوست داریم انجام بدیم برسیم و جزء جداییناپذیر روزهامون بشن.
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یادگاری از کتاب ...more

This is a dual review of two books about habit. Habits are important things in one’s life and there are numerous books on the subject. The classic book, a must read, is The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey. Another two popular books about habits are The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg and Atomic Habits by James Clear, that came out very recently. Having read all three of them I combined my notes for the last two in this post. No matter what stage in life you are, it is al
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يرتبط الكتاب بتجربة صاحبه التي ومن ثم صقلا لتكون له أسلوب حياة وعندما يعنونها بالذرية فهو يقصد المقدار التراكمي للذرة الصغيرة لتصبح كتلة , عندما يكون التوق لدينا في انجاز هدف معين ( انقاص وزن, تأليف كتاب , لياقة بدنية عالية ) يجب علينا حسب الكاتب أن تنشئ عادة متراكمة لهذا الفعل لأن الهدف قد يحقق ومن السهولة فقدانه متى ما أنهينا العادة ورجعنا لنفس الأسلوب , بمعنى قد تستطيع تحقيق هدفك بانزال وزنك في فترة وجيزة ولكن بمجرد عن تخليك عن هذه العادات الصحية فسرعان ما يعود الوزن الى عهده السابق
يتطرق الك ...more
يتطرق الك ...more

Shit I am enjoying Non-Fiction more and more nowadays!

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones is a practical framework for how to build and keep new habits. To create a good habit, author James Clear suggests:
- Make it Obvious
- Make it Attractive
- Make it Easy
- Make it Satisfying
While at first glance these may seem overly simplistic, Atomic Habits delves into each of these concepts and also describes how these same ideas can be inverted to break bad habits. The content is easily digestible.
Different parts are ...more
- Make it Obvious
- Make it Attractive
- Make it Easy
- Make it Satisfying
While at first glance these may seem overly simplistic, Atomic Habits delves into each of these concepts and also describes how these same ideas can be inverted to break bad habits. The content is easily digestible.
Different parts are ...more

باید اول از همه این کتاب رو شایستهی عنوان «بهترین کتاب خودیاریای که خواندهم» معرفی کنم.
و اما بعد؛ با خوندن این کتاب متوجه شدم، رژیمهای غذایی و باشگاهرفتنهایی که قراره از شنبه شروع بشوند، یک داستان بسیار رایج بینالمللی هستند.
این کتاب از سازوکار عادتها حرف میزنه، اینکه چه جوری یک عادت خوب بسازیم و تثبیت کنیم و چهگونه یک عادت بد رو ترک کنیم.
در این کتاب چهار اصل کلی برای ساختن یک عادت خوب معرفی میشه:
۱- واضحش کن.
۲- جذابش کن.
۳- سادهش کن.
۴- لذتبخشش کن.
کتاب در فصلهای مختلف به داد ...more
و اما بعد؛ با خوندن این کتاب متوجه شدم، رژیمهای غذایی و باشگاهرفتنهایی که قراره از شنبه شروع بشوند، یک داستان بسیار رایج بینالمللی هستند.
این کتاب از سازوکار عادتها حرف میزنه، اینکه چه جوری یک عادت خوب بسازیم و تثبیت کنیم و چهگونه یک عادت بد رو ترک کنیم.
در این کتاب چهار اصل کلی برای ساختن یک عادت خوب معرفی میشه:
۱- واضحش کن.
۲- جذابش کن.
۳- سادهش کن.
۴- لذتبخشش کن.
کتاب در فصلهای مختلف به داد ...more

Oct 04, 2020
Dannii Elle
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non-fiction-nuances
This life-changing non-fiction title is one often spoken of, highly praised, and much recommended. I would say it is well-deserving of all this celebratory hype it has garnered over the years for how concise and yet detailed its content are, how many different suggested areas of daily improvement are included, and how easily implemented Clear makes them appear.

This is basically reinforcement for Duhigg's books on habits. There is some good advice--get rid of obstacles, use cues of things you like to do with things you need to do (i.e., everytime you check facebook, do pushups or whatever). It's good advice, but nothing new or unique.
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This book is what I expected "The power of habit" to be. Where TPOH mostly is a collection of stories/anecdotes, Atomic Habits actually goes over practical ways of implementing your own system. It's great! Here's to stop reading and to start doing... :)
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It's complicated ... my relationship with self-help books that is. On one hand, I'm one of those people who always wants to learn and improve, while also getting in my own way due to character/personality flaws, which I'm well acquainted with, which is why, occasionally, I read yet another self-help book, hoping to get inspired or to learn something that will result in me taking action.
I heard about this book from different sources which propelled me to put it on hold.
My usual scepticism was p ...more
I heard about this book from different sources which propelled me to put it on hold.
My usual scepticism was p ...more

Randomly started listening to this one because I'm trying to get out of my reading slump and I reaaaally enjoyed it! Some tips were super helpful!
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I was enlightened by "Willpower" and got some great takeaways from "The Power of Habit", but this is next-level in terms of practical steps and also generating pivotal mental shifts both for the immediate and long terms. Important note: it gets better with each successive chapter - something critical to know since the opening is understandably crucial to the author, but not so much to many readers. Read it.
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3 stars
I liked this one. I was expecting to get a little more out of it, but it was still a solid listen.
Goals are good for setting a direction, but systems are best for making progress.
I liked this one. I was expecting to get a little more out of it, but it was still a solid listen.
Audio book source: Libby (library borrow)
Story Rating: 3 Stars
Narrators: James Clear
Narration Rating: 4 Stars
Genre: Non-fiction
Length: 5 hours and 35 minutes

كتاب "العادات الذّرّيّة" يتحدثّ حول كيفية بناء عادات حميدة جديدة وكيفية التّخلص من عادات سيّئة. في حقيقة الأمر لم تكن أغلب مُحتويات الكتاب جديدة علي، فمعظمها يعتمد على دراسات ومصادر إما ذائعة الصيت أو سبق لي أن صادفتها في كتب أخرى، ككتاب "قوة العادة"* أو حتى كتاب "كيف تفشل تقريبًا في كل شيء ومع ذلك تربح في النهاية بشكل كبير"** والذي بالرغم من أنه ليس كتابًا حول بناء العادات لكنّه استعرض إحدى أقوى الأفكار المُتعلّقة ببناء العادات والمُتعلّقة بالاعتماد على الأنظمة بدل الأهداف . كتاب "العادات الذّر
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وقتی میپندارم که هیچچیز به من کمک نمیکند، به سنگتراشی مینگرم که پتک را روی سنگ فرود میآورد؛ شاید صدبار ضربه بزند بدون اینکه تَرکی روی آن ظاهر شود. با این حال با صدویکمین ضربه است که سنگ به دو نیم میشود و من میدانم که صرفاً آخرین ضربه کارساز نبوده _بلکه تمام ضربات پیشین هم تاثیر خود را گذاشتهاند.
چیستی
خُب. جیمز کلیر میگه «عادت»، پاسخی خودکار به موقعیت خاصیه که درقالب روتین منظمی انجام میگیره؛ گذرگاهی عصبی که با چند آکسون، موجب اتصال دو نورون به همدیگه شده و با هر تکرارِ ...more

I used to follow James email letters, so I knew already something about his philosophy. The first part of the book, where he talks about principles of habits ( in theory ), is the best, and I loved it. However, subsequent parts are about application of those principles, which are quite useful, but not mind blowing.
Overall not bad.
Overall not bad.

I really enjoyed how easily digested this book was. We all have certain habits we want to learn or unlearn and we usually start strong but lack the motivation to stick to it. This book really expanded my mind about what it actually takes to make habits stick and how motivation has VERY little to do with it.
I added a few of key quotes from the book that touch on some of the steps: why the smallest habits matter, awareness, repetition over perfection, focus on environment, how to keep going when ...more
I added a few of key quotes from the book that touch on some of the steps: why the smallest habits matter, awareness, repetition over perfection, focus on environment, how to keep going when ...more
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James Clear is the author of "Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones"
He writes about habits, decision-making, and continuous improvement at jamesclear.com. His website receives millions of visitors each month and hundreds of thousands subscribe to his popular email newsletter.
His work has appeared in the New York Times, Entrepreneur, Time, and on CBS This Mornin ...more
He writes about habits, decision-making, and continuous improvement at jamesclear.com. His website receives millions of visitors each month and hundreds of thousands subscribe to his popular email newsletter.
His work has appeared in the New York Times, Entrepreneur, Time, and on CBS This Mornin ...more
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