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The wisdom to cost ratio is at an all time high.
These are some of my favorite points from every chapter:
Time for a thread
The wisdom to cost ratio is at an all time high.
These are some of my favorite points from every chapter:
Time for a thread
1/Chapter One
If you ignore your goals but focus on your systems, you’ll succeed.
Achieving a goal is a momentary success. It’s like treating a symptom without addressing the cause.
You don’t rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.
If you ignore your goals but focus on your systems, you’ll succeed.
Achieving a goal is a momentary success. It’s like treating a symptom without addressing the cause.
You don’t rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.
2/Chapter Two
Change your habits by changing your identity.
The more pride you have in your identity, the more likely you’ll be to maintain the habits associated with it.
Lose weight and get fit by becoming a person who exercises every day.
Change your habits by changing your identity.
The more pride you have in your identity, the more likely you’ll be to maintain the habits associated with it.
Lose weight and get fit by becoming a person who exercises every day.
3/Chapter Three
Like @jockowillink always says, discipline equals freedom.
Habits don’t restrict freedom, they create it. People without finance, exercise, and learning habits are always short on cash, energy, and intelligence.
Build habits to build freedom.
Like @jockowillink always says, discipline equals freedom.
Habits don’t restrict freedom, they create it. People without finance, exercise, and learning habits are always short on cash, energy, and intelligence.
Build habits to build freedom.
4/Chapter Four
The first step to changing a habit is recognizing the cues.
Many of our failures are a result of lacking self awareness. Be cognizant of the things you’re doing by verbalizing them and writing them down on a Habit Scorecard. https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits/scorecard
The first step to changing a habit is recognizing the cues.
Many of our failures are a result of lacking self awareness. Be cognizant of the things you’re doing by verbalizing them and writing them down on a Habit Scorecard. https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits/scorecard
5/Chapter Five
Use habit stacking to build multiple good habits.
Your first good habit can be a cue for the next one:
When I get back from the gym, I drink a glass of water. When I finish my water, I sit down at the table to meditate. After I meditate, I write in my journal.
Use habit stacking to build multiple good habits.
Your first good habit can be a cue for the next one:
When I get back from the gym, I drink a glass of water. When I finish my water, I sit down at the table to meditate. After I meditate, I write in my journal.
6/Chapter Six
Single use environments are best for forming habits.
If you use an environment for multiple purposes, the easiest use will win:
If you use your couch to read, write and watch TV, you’re mostly likely to watch TV when sitting on the couch because it’s the easiest.
Single use environments are best for forming habits.
If you use an environment for multiple purposes, the easiest use will win:
If you use your couch to read, write and watch TV, you’re mostly likely to watch TV when sitting on the couch because it’s the easiest.
7/Chapter Seven
Removing cues for bad habits is much easier than resisting a habit after seeing a cue.
Create environments that hide your negative cues:
If you never get to sleep on time, take the TV out of the bedroom.
Removing cues for bad habits is much easier than resisting a habit after seeing a cue.
Create environments that hide your negative cues:
If you never get to sleep on time, take the TV out of the bedroom.
8/Chapter Eight
Make your habits attractive because it is the expectation of a rewarding experience that motivates us to act.
For example, only allow yourself to watch Netflix if you’re stretching at the same time.
Make your habits attractive because it is the expectation of a rewarding experience that motivates us to act.
For example, only allow yourself to watch Netflix if you’re stretching at the same time.
9/Chapter Nine
Behaviors are attractive when they help us fit in.
One of the most effective things you can do to build better habits is to join a culture where your desired behavior is the normal behavior.
Behaviors are attractive when they help us fit in.
One of the most effective things you can do to build better habits is to join a culture where your desired behavior is the normal behavior.
10/Chapter Ten
You can make hard habits more attractive if you learn to associate them with a positive experience.
Instead of viewing your daily run as a chore, look at it as an opportunity to get faster.
You can make hard habits more attractive if you learn to associate them with a positive experience.
Instead of viewing your daily run as a chore, look at it as an opportunity to get faster.
11/Chapter Eleven
Taking action is crucial for building a habit.
You don't become a great tennis player by reading about it. You have to get on the court every day and hit thousands of balls.
Taking action is crucial for building a habit.
You don't become a great tennis player by reading about it. You have to get on the court every day and hit thousands of balls.
12/Chapter Twelve
People are lazy. We do things that are easy.
Reduce friction of your good habits & increase friction of your bad ones:
Cut up fruit on the weekend so it’s easy to bring to work. Don’t keep sweets in the house - you won’t go out in a snowstorm to buy cookies.
People are lazy. We do things that are easy.
Reduce friction of your good habits & increase friction of your bad ones:
Cut up fruit on the weekend so it’s easy to bring to work. Don’t keep sweets in the house - you won’t go out in a snowstorm to buy cookies.
13/Chapter Thirteen
Small choices made at decisive moments shape your entire day.
Start small to build big habits:
Reading one page at bedtime will turn into reading a chapter every night.
Small choices made at decisive moments shape your entire day.
Start small to build big habits:
Reading one page at bedtime will turn into reading a chapter every night.
14/Chapter Fourteen
Make good habits easier: automate your savings and buy good shoes so you walk more.
Make bad habits harder: delete social media apps, turn off notifications, and plug your wireless router into a timer.
Make good habits easier: automate your savings and buy good shoes so you walk more.
Make bad habits harder: delete social media apps, turn off notifications, and plug your wireless router into a timer.
15/Chapter Fifteen
The costs of your good habits are in the present, the cost of your bad habits are in the future.
Remind yourself that a daily workout will help you play with your grandchildren.
A daily ice cream cone will increase the chances of chronic disease.
The costs of your good habits are in the present, the cost of your bad habits are in the future.
Remind yourself that a daily workout will help you play with your grandchildren.
A daily ice cream cone will increase the chances of chronic disease.
16/Chapter Sixteen
Track your habits.
Keep a chart with tallies or put marbles in a jar.
Missing once is an accident. Missing twice is the start of a new habit.
Track your habits.
Keep a chart with tallies or put marbles in a jar.
Missing once is an accident. Missing twice is the start of a new habit.
17/Chapter Seventeen
Create a habit contract.
When you want to commit to something, tell a lot of people.
The social pressure you feel from not wanting to let them down will help you follow through.
Create a habit contract.
When you want to commit to something, tell a lot of people.
The social pressure you feel from not wanting to let them down will help you follow through.
18/Chapter Eighteen
Until you work as hard as those you admire, don’t explain away their success as luck.
Until you work as hard as those you admire, don’t explain away their success as luck.
19/Chapter Nineteen
If you only do the work when it’s convenient or exciting, then you’ll never be consistent enough to achieve remarkable results.
Don’t make excuses, just do your job every day.
If you only do the work when it’s convenient or exciting, then you’ll never be consistent enough to achieve remarkable results.
Don’t make excuses, just do your job every day.
20/Chapter Twenty
Mastery requires more than habits.
Once you build habits, your actions are automatic, but you only reach mastery through deliberate practice.
Habits + Deliberate Practice = Mastery
Mastery requires more than habits.
Once you build habits, your actions are automatic, but you only reach mastery through deliberate practice.
Habits + Deliberate Practice = Mastery
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