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“Results in your life are determined by your habits.”
We have heard the 21 days rule to change habits and transform ourselves but how many of us are actually able to adhere to it for the expected changes to happen to satisfy ourselves in turn enhancing our self-esteem and confidence?
You may be wondering when the strong will and persistence are not enough, what else can be done? You have come to the right article - Atomic Habits will not only change your perspective towards changing habits but help bring out results through other ways than those aforementioned.
Introduction
Book’s Name - Atomic Habits
Author’s Name - James Clear
Genre - Self-help
Language - English
Synopsis
James Clear's ‘Atomic Habits’ discusses the mechanisms of habit formation and translates the findings into four practical laws of behavior change that can help you move from a stuck life to remarkable results through tiny daily changes.
Habits provide a practical and proven framework for creating good habits and getting rid of bad ones. Using scientific research and practical examples shows how small changes in behavior can lead to new habits and help you achieve great things.
About the Author
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James Clear is the author of Atomic Habits, which has sold over five million copies worldwide. His works have been regarded in Entrepreneur magazine, Time magazine, the Wall Street Journal, and on CBS ‘This Morning’. He is also an entrepreneur and photographer in 25+ countries.
About the Book
Atomic Habits after three years of its release continues to resonate with its readers worldwide. The book fulfills the purpose of changing people’s ideas of change - transforming their perspective into the importance of incremental change.
“Habits are the compound interest of self-improvement.”
The book helps its readers to learn: Why can you get 38 times better than you are today by simply improving yourself daily, what are habits made of, and why understanding them is crucial? It has been the number 1 bestseller of the New York Times.
In addition, the book helps you understand the specifics of habits, the plateau of latent potential, and its importance in result formation. This concept was originally described by James Clear in Atomic Habits. He says the plateau of latent potential is the lag time between doing what we need to do and seeing the results we want to see.
Since its mention, the concept has been introduced through various descriptions by different authors/people in different contexts and is subject to variations. Check out this graph for a brief preview.
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James in his book focuses on the importance and existence of an “accountability partner” and “The Goldilocks Rule”. An accountability partner can create an immediate cost to inaction. Because we care deeply about what others consider us, and we no longer need others to have a lesser opinion of us, knowing that a person is looking at us could be an effective motivator.
You can sign up for the author’s newsletter here - James Clear
Key Principles from the Book
Habit = Behaviour. Building identity-based habits for shaping your own identity and a better transformation.
The three layers of Behavior Change are essential for remarkable results - outcomes, processes, and identity.
Building better habits in 4 simple steps - Make it obvious, make it attractive, make it easy and make it satisfying.
Staking habits to identify new good habits to be built through - Cue, craving, response, and reward technique.
Roleplay of the environment - The invisible hand that shapes our behavior is the environment.
Famous Quotes
“The outcomes in your life are the logging measure of your habits - there are no high-performance people only high-performance habits.”
“We do not rise to our goals, we fall to the level of your systems.”
“Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become. No single instance will transform your beliefs, but as the votes build up, so does the evidence of your new identity.”
The Bottom Line
One can inculcate principles from atomic habits in their regular practice or routine easily providing an incredible source of power and a compound system of growth.
The book will not disappoint you, instead will play as better support for a changemaker for your smallest to biggest dreams and ambitions. But promise yourself - you will be consistent and patient to make change happen.
My ratings for the book - 4 on 5
Get your copy from Amazon - Atomic Habits
Written By - Umme-Aiman
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