Atomic Habits by James Clear

 

Atomic Habit By James Clear

1.    The Book in 3 Sentences: 

You can quit your bad habit and replace it with a new and healthy habit. By making your new habit attractive. Simplifying the entire process tends to reduce the activation energy. 

Next is to use the two-minute rule. Do it for just two minutes. The idea here is to show up and do something even though it’s small, just start as easy as possible. At first, just show up every day.

Tag your new habit with your basic routine like eating, watching television, video games etc. Before you eat, do your new habit. Whenever you are excited about watching videos pulse first, do your new habit before you continue.

Make your new habit obvious by telling yourself the importance of the new habit and what you will gain if you continue doing the new habit. Remind yourself that it may be difficult at the beginning. Try to reward the effort you are putting in, by telling yourself you are doing the right thing. You have to tell yourself the implications of your old habit and what it may result in.

When you fall back to your old habit, you should try not to fall back the second time because it may lead to the continuation of your old habit. Make sure you don't fall the second time.

2.    Impressions: 

This is in my book list, I started recently to keep track of books my mentors and YouTube friends recommended.

3.   Who Should Read It?  

 Everybody should read this book. It will help to replace any bad habit with a new healthy one.

4.    How the Book has Changed My life: 

It has given me a lot of clues to consolidate my new habit, i.e. writing every day. This book encourages me to keep track of my progress to know the areas I need to work on.

5.   ️ My Top 3 quotes:

“If you can get 1 per cent better each day for one year, you’ll end up thirty-seven times better by the time you’re done. Conversely, if you get 1 per cent worse each day for one year, you’ll decline nearly down to zero.”

“You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.”

“Once you have a handle on the type of person you want to be, you can begin taking small steps to reinforce your desired identity