Atomic Habits:

By; James Clear

Page Number: 306

Originally published: 2018

1% better every day

This publication by James Clear offers the readers an effectual approach to stabilizing healthy habits while dismissing harmful ones. It introduces a set of rules and suggestions that, when practiced, will result in the formation of consistent habits. Clear emphasizes the significance of seeing habits as permanent life alterations shaping who you are. He opposes the view that habits are short-term and aimed at a single target, on the contrary, he believes that each habit will be a factor that molds one's identity. Thus, each habit is an element that showcases your personality.

Here I have included essential quotes and portions from the book that left a huge impression on me:

- "do not be outcome-based, be identity-based"

- "your identity shapes your habits & your habits shape your identity"

- "habits don't help you get something; they help you become someone"

- "habits don't restrict freedom, they make it happen"

- not: have to, but: get to

- "the best is the enemy of the good"

- motion & action: only motion will not give you a result

- "when preparation becomes a form of procrastination you need to change something"

- "start with repetition, not perfection"

- "habits are made by frequency"

- "we can remove the points of friction that hold us back"

- "the purpose of resetting each room is not simply to clean up after the last action, but to prepare for the next action"

- "how can we design a world where it's easy to do whats right?"

- "redesign your life so that actions that matter the most are also the actions that are easiest to do"

- "human behavior follows the law of least effort"; "create an environment where doing the right thing is as easy as possible"

- "reduce the friction associated with good behavior"

- "standardize before you optimize"

- Benjamin Franklin's 13 virtues that he had with him everywhere (ie: lose no time)

- "most of us have a distorted view of our behavior: we think we act better than we do: measurement offers one way to overcome our blindness to our behavior & notice what is going on each day"

- "I can't be perfect, but I can avoid a second lapse"

- "missing one is accident, missing twice is a start of a new habit"

- "going to the gym may not improve your form, but it affirms your idedntity"

- "choose the habits that suits you, not the one that is the most popular"

- "boredom is the greatest villain in the quest for personal improvement"

- "professionals stick to the schedule, amateurs let life get in the way"

- "tiny changes, remarkable results"

outline of the book provided by the author:

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how to create a good habit:

how to break a bad habit:

personal rating of the book: 9/10