3/8/2023 0 Comments Atomic habits review![]() ![]() It is not just pages of pep talk stuck together. This book focuses on four laws of behaviour change: How can we become more aware of our habits, cultivate new ones aligned with our goals, and discard the ones that have been unhelpful so far? James Clear’s 2018 book Atomic Habits offers some easy, practical and effective solutions if you have been struggling to get rid of habits that prevent you from being the person you want to be, and finding little success with all your attempts to adopt habits that will take you closer to what you want from life. The Cambridge Dictionary defines a “habit” as “something that you do often and regularly, sometimes without knowing that you are doing it.” What are some of the habits that you have noticed among people in your family and friend circle? Here are some common ones: thanking waiters, biting nails when anxious, completing people’s sentences, switching off fans when not in use, giving unsolicited advice, petting stray dogs, and watering house plants. Instead, we often suffer due to our belief that massive success requires massive action. I am confident it will be a game changer.We underestimate the importance of incremental change. I am very happy to report that I now feeling very confident in my sleeveless summer outfits! Thank you James Clear!Īnyhoo, if you’ve ever had a hard time forming new habits, I highly encourage you to check out this book. So, what started as 20 push ups per night is now 25. Not the least of which is that I get to add to that number. Will doing 20 pushups 5 or more times a week do something? Most definitely. Will doing 20 pushups one time do anything for me? No. After flossing, I will do push ups or squats or both, depending on how it fits into my regular workout schedule. ![]() (Seems logical I know but I’ve never been a regular flosser). So, now I add two behaviors to this habit. I brush my teeth every night before I go to bed. So, recalling this, I decided I would apply this habit stacking idea to the two areas I mentioned before. It worked! My twenty-something year old body was something to behold! And it was the result of a lot of what I call micro-workouts, which added up a result I was very happy with. If I was watching TV at night in bed or on the couch, I would drop to the floor during commercials and crank out some crunches. This was not something that came naturally but because of a habit that I formed. In the time BK (before kids) I had a six pack. Flossing my teeth every night, and doing pushups and/or squats every night. I had two habits that I wanted to get back into. One tip he provides is something he calls “ habit stacking” which is attaching a new behavior to an existing behavior, rather than a time or place. James Clear provides very practical and tangible tips for how to form a new habit or break a bad one. So, this idea, that a goal alone is not enough kinda blew my mind! In my career as a learning & development professional, I’ve taught and taken many classes that espouse the One must create systems that develop good habits and break bad ones. You just need the right system(s) in place! In Atomic Habits, James Clear makes the argument that setting goals is not enough. As the title suggests, his approach teaches that many tiny little changes can eventually lead to a big transformation. The author, James Clear is a world expert in the formation of habits and speaks around the world teaching his Atomic Habits principles. So, for my guest reviews I plan to share with you the books that did inspire me to make changes. This is one of the few books in which I started to implement some of its suggestions IMMEDIATELY! How many non-fiction books do you read, think it’s great, but it doesn’t really inspire a change? If I’m being honest, it’s probably most books for me. I understand why she was so enthusiastic. She was so excited about it that I downloaded it on my Audible app immediately. Yay me!įor this guest book review I want to share “Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones” by James ClearĪ friend and former co-worker recommended this book to me. I decided it wasn’t fair to let him have all the fun so I decided to do a Guest Book Review. You may not know this but recently I started to manage a lot of the behind the scenes pieces of the business……including scheduling these emails. Facebook Tweet Pin LinkedIn Email Print Book of the Month Recommendation: “Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones” by James Clear
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