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Atomic Habits

⌗ Metadata

  • Author: James Clear
  • Tags: #non-fiction #productivity

📖 Short Summary (1 takeaway)

  • Small habits can be life changing and there is a simple system to create good habits and break bad ones

🧐 Why I am reading this book

  • On a road trip to Joshua tree and wanted read something productive

🙊 Great quotes

"Best is the enemy of the good" “You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.” “You should be far more concerned with your current trajectory than with your current results.” “Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become.” “We imitate the habits of three groups in particular: The close. The many. The powerful.” “With outcome-based habits, the focus is on what you want to achieve. With identity-based habits, the focus is on who you wish to become.”

✅ Actionable item

  • Make reading an atomic habit
    • Put different books at common places
    • [[8. ☕️ Finer Things Book Club]] to keep myself accountable

🗂 Detailed Summary

  • Good habit forming shouldn't be tied to the end results, for example, they shouldn't be workout more, or eat healthier - they should be stemming from an identity change
  • Motion != Action
  • Cue, craving, response, reward
    • Cue - make good habits obvious (⬆️) and make bad habits invisible (⬇️)
    • Craving - make good habits attractive and make bad habits unattractive
    • Response - make good habits easy and make bad habits difficult
    • Reward - make good habits satisfying and make bad habits unsatisfying