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Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

James Clear

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Nov 23, 2018 Alex Linschoten rated it liked it

If you've never read anything about habits / habit formation, perhaps start here. If you have, you may finish this book disappointed, as I did. Just not enough new material / ideas in here to justify the time, unfortunately. ...more

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Dec 27, 2019 Alex rated it really liked it

Shelves: personal-development, non-fiction, ebook-kindle, audiobook

The book is doing a pretty good job of summarizing 'best of the breed' personal productivity techniques available to us in 2019 and putting them into... well, not necessarily the system, but at least into some kind of toolbox where you can access them.
I found that almost all of those techniques would be familiar to the reader who has some exposure into personal development and it's unlikely that you will find something super original, but if I wanted to recommend one book to someone who's new to ...more

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Feb 03, 2019 Max Martin rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Before discussing how we can change them ("Make it obvious. Make it attractive. Make it easy. Make it satisfying"), the author first lays out his philosophy of habits:

> Building better habits isn’t about littering your day with life hacks. It’s not about flossing one tooth each night or taking a cold shower each morning or wearing the same outfit each day. It’s not about achieving external measures of success like earning more money, losing weight, or reducing stress. Habits can help you achieve ...more

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