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Use Atomic Habits to Upgrade Your Decisions – James Clear : 645

Nov 19, 2019

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James Clear

James Clear, bestselling author of Atomic Habits, dives into habit formation and decision-making. He discusses how small, consistent actions can significantly enhance personal and professional success. Clear emphasizes the importance of developing supportive systems over merely setting goals. He highlights the power of environment design in forming good habits and the influence of community on personal growth. Furthermore, he details the balancing act between luck and strategic choices, guiding listeners on how to string together better decisions.

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INSIGHT

Habits and Outcomes

Life outcomes are often lagging measures of your habits.
Habits significantly impact your trajectory in major life domains.

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ADVICE

Collaborating in Outcomes

Ask yourself how you contributed to successes or defeats, even if luck played a role.
Focus on what you can control to gain awareness and impact.

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Habit Quality

Bad habits have favorable immediate outcomes, while good habits often have unfavorable initial outcomes.
The ultimate outcome is what truly defines a habit's quality.

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Understanding and Improving Habits

Published in 1937, 'Think and Grow Rich' is a seminal work in the self-help genre. The book is the result of over twenty years of research by Napoleon Hill, who studied the habits and achievements of more than 500 successful individuals, including Andrew Carnegie, Thomas Edison, and Henry Ford. Hill distills their wisdom into thirteen principles that, when practiced with persistence and faith, can transform dreams into reality. These principles include the power of desire, faith, specialized knowledge, organized planning, and the role of the subconscious mind. The book emphasizes the importance of maintaining a positive mental attitude, setting clear and specific goals, and taking consistent action to achieve success. It also explores the concept of the 'Master Mind' alliance and the need to overcome fears and doubts to achieve one's objectives.

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Neil Strauss

In 'Emergency', Neil Strauss recounts his three-year journey to equip himself with the skills necessary to survive in a world fraught with dangers such as terrorist attacks, natural disasters, economic collapse, and domestic crackdowns. Starting from a position of vulnerability, Strauss learns various survival skills including wilderness survival, urban evasion tactics, weapons training, and sustainable living. He meets with a diverse range of individuals, from backwoods militias to billionaires, to gather knowledge and strategies for survival. The book is a mix of humor, personal growth, and practical advice, ultimately shifting from a focus on personal escape to a commitment to helping others in times of crisis.

The Miracle Morning

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Atomic Habits

James Clear

Atomic Habits by James Clear provides a practical and scientifically-backed guide to forming good habits and breaking bad ones. The book introduces the Four Laws of Behavior Change: make it obvious, make it attractive, make it easy, and make it satisfying. It also emphasizes the importance of small, incremental changes (atomic habits) that compound over time to produce significant results. Clear discusses techniques such as habit stacking, optimizing the environment to support desired habits, and focusing on continuous improvement rather than goal fixation. The book is filled with actionable strategies, real-life examples, and stories from various fields, making it a valuable resource for anyone seeking to improve their habits and achieve personal growth.

Game changers

What Leaders, Innovators, and Mavericks Do to Win at Life

Dave Asprey

Game Changers by Dave Asprey is a comprehensive guide that distills the wisdom from over 450 interviews with highly successful leaders, innovators, and mavericks. The book focuses on three main objectives: becoming smarter, faster, and happier. It offers 46 science-backed 'laws' that provide practical strategies for optimizing diet, exercise, sleep habits, and mental performance. Asprey combines insights from human biology and psychology with real-world examples to help readers upgrade their 'operating system' to better align with modern goals. The book covers a wide range of topics, including taming fear and anxiety, making better decisions, establishing high-performance habits, and practicing gratitude and mindfulness.

In this episode of Bulletproof Radio, what interests me most about James Clear is that he’s researched habits in the context of human potential—he’s always searching for the answer to a central question, “How can we live better?”

He’s a writer and speaker focused on habits, decision-making, and continuous improvement. His best-selling book, “Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones,” is grounded in meticulous research and details how habits can help people fulfill their potential.

“Your habits compound over time as they start to layer on top of each other and increase over time,” James says. “But your decisions—if you imagine your life is like a string of decisions—those decisions can compound for you or against you, too. The benefit of making a single good choice is fine, but the benefit of making a string of good choices can be significantly better. You're really trying to string those two together.”

His work has appeared in many media outlets, including Entrepreneur and Time magazines, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and on CBS This Morning. He also is a regular speaker at Fortune 500 companies, and his work is used by coaches and players in the NFL, NBA, and MLB.

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