James Tamman's new book, "Atomic Habits," is being released this week. The author says it could be life changing for people if they adhere to a few of the keys. He also believes that understanding self and why you respond in certain ways can help build better habits.
The Learning Leader Show With Ryan Hawk. Episode #279: James Clear - How Tiny Changes Can Changes Can Equal Remarkable Results (Atomic Habits)
Show Notes:
- "It's important to know how everything works together."
- Ojai, CA - Circle talking about book writing
- Atomic = Atom, small, tiny. Habits should be small
- "Habits are the atoms of our lives"
- "It's about the collection of habits"
- "They are small... but put them together... they compound and are powerful."
- The system is in four stages. They stages are:
- The cue - gets attention
- The craving - in the brain
- The response - the habit, behavior
- The result - what happens
- Feedback loops - The cookie example
- "My readers and I are peers. An essential part of the process is to write about it. Try things out. Everything I've published has been revised many times."
- The four laws:
- Make it obvious
- Make it attractive
- Make it easy
- Make it satisfying
- The Goldilocks rule - Steve Martin
- People burn out or get bored. How to stay motivated...
- Be stretched just beyond your capacity but not too far. "Always stay just on the edge..." Steve Martin kept expanding his sets by just a few minutes each time until he had a 60 minute set. He started small with just a few minutes of material.
- Make sure you "stretch yourself... just a bit... everyday."
- Be the person who gets the additional task done
- How to do this all as a parent? -- "Life is in seasons..."
- "If you want to double your productivity, get 8 hours of sleep."
- The plateau of latent potential -- A melting ice cube. A 1 degree change
- "Habits don't add up, they compound. It looks like a hockey stick."
- "Outcome based habits vs identity based habits."
- Focus on identity based habits. Be the type of person who wakes up early and works out.
- The importance of being able to delay gratification
- Weightlifting - Reinterpret signals. "Being sore feels good." Re frame how you think about something like soreness
- "Happiness is simply the absence of desire."
- When you observe a cue, but do not desire to change your state, you are content with the current situation
- "Being curious is better than being smart."
- Need to be eager to learn and accomplish things
- "Your actions reveal how badly you want something"
- "We can only be rational and logical after we have been emotional."
- System 1 = feelings
- System 2 = Rational, math problem
- System 1 always leads the way
"Being curious is better than being smart"
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