How to become 37.78 times better at anything
Atomic Habit summary
Do you ever feel like you're just floating through life...but not actually getting closer to the person that you want to be. It usually happens around New years, you imagine all the bad habits your going to break free from, and all the good habits you will begin. “This time it will be different” you say to yourself. This time I AM going to do the things that I say I will. Only to end up back where you began shortly after and no closer to what you had envisaged. So the question is, how do you become the person you dream of becoming? How do you break free from bad habits and make the habits you desire easier and automatic? h massive action in any goal we are pursuing. We expect ourselves to make some quantum leap or momentous improvement that will gain others attention. However it is the tiny improvements, that aren’t even noticeable at first, that create incredible change. Let’s look deeper into the Math 1% better every day for a year will compound to nearly 38 times better. 1% worse every day for over a year will bring you close to zero! Your habits can compound against you in the form of things like stress or negative self-talk. Or they can compound for you in the form of things like knowledge, productivity, skills and relationships. “Success is the product of daily habits—not once-in a lifetime transformations”,wve anything we want in life-getting into better shape, building a successful business, spending more time with family is to set specific, realistic goals. But if you completely ignored your goals and focused only on your system, would you still succeed? The Author argues that you would. Here are some problems with only having goals. Successful and unsuccessful people share the same goals, so therefore the goal can not be what differentiates winners from losers. Achieving a goal only changes your life for a moment in time. Goals can create an either-or conflict. Either you achieve the goal and succeed, or you don’t and you are a failure. Even if you were making progress in the right direction When you achieve a goal, what do you do after? If your goal was running the local marathon, chances are after completing it, your motivation will quickly fade and you will just slip back into your old routines. “Goals are good for setting a direction, but systems are best for making progress” A SYSTEM OF ATOMIC HABITS The problem with changing your habits is not you. The reason why you repeat the same bad habit for so long isn't because you don't want to change, but because you have the wrong system for change. Atomic habits are small routines and behaviors that accumulate to produce incremental positive outcomes over time. Big breakthroughs tend to get more attention than small improvements. But what really matters are the little daily decisions and actions we take. “Just as atoms are the building blocks of molecules, atomic habits are the building blocks of remarkable results”. There are 3 layers to behavior change. The first layer is changing outcomes.The result. Losing that weight, writing that book, winning the season. The outcomes are what you get The Second layer is changing your process. What you doe and location—will help you achieve your goals. Clearly state your intention to act using the following formula: I will behavior at time in this location. Here is a bad example, “I will read more this month” Here is a good example when you practice what you like becoming or what you like doing
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