At the end of the day, who we are and what we will achieve depends so much on these small habits that we do every day. Bad habits repeat themselves not because you don’t want to change but because you have the wrong system for change. Along the way, readers will be inspired and entertained with true stories from Olympic gold medalists, award-winning artists, business leaders, life-saving physicians, and star comedians who have used the science of small habits to master their craft and vault to the top of their field. I know I walked away from it with a more refined focus on building a solid foundation (system), but my advice (and this goes for any self-help book out there), would be to take what you need from it and leave the rest.

It's in this, that Clear identifies people get confused between building a habit and achieving a goal. After a few weeks of intense effort (if we make it that far), we give up and go back to the way things were. Atomic Habits by James Clear: i’ve read the least of this one so far, but to summarize it’s about forming new habits and breaking old ones that no longer serve you. James Clear, one of the world’s leading experts on habit formation, is known for his ability to distill complex topics into simple behaviors that can be easily applied to daily life and work. You can actually smell the cheap tools he uses to put words into text and build chapters out of thin air.

Atomic Habits will reshape the way you think about progress and success and give you the tools and strategies you need to transform your habits—whether you are a team looking to win a championship, an organization hoping to redefine an industry, or simply an individual who wishes to quit smoking, lose weight, reduce stress, and achieve success that lasts.

Your system is the collection of your daily habits and Clear talks about how all too often we become so obsessed with the outcome that we don't pay enough attention to what will get us the outcome, before we focus on the outcome.

I did not change everything as I was quite comfortable with some habits on the list such as waking up at 6 am and doing 5 pushups. When you fall in love with the process rather than the product, you don’t have to wait to give yourself permission to be happy. Nu neapărat cum a făcut un inginer irlandez, care a legat o bicicletă de exersat acasă la computer, astfel încât Netflixul, de care omul era dependent, nu rula decât la o anumită viteză a bicicletei, dar trebuie să legi activitatea de un rezultat care îți face plăcere. Construiești obiceiuri bune schimbând lucruri în viața ta și înconjurându-te de lucruri care declanșează acele obiceiuri pe care le vrei în viața ta. The book doesn't give you impractical tips yet it tells stories and what to learn in how to gradually maintain habits that would benefit you in the long run as well as how to start maintaining habits that you have been wanting to in small practical steps.

Because hidden in the chasms of each simulated reality lies the key to boosting the occupational performance even more by eliminating all the mental corpses of complexes, childhood traumas, anxieties, phobias,… As long they are not overcome, they keep holding one down, interrupting the workflow, reducing concentration, focus, the quality of sleep,… even changing the obvious problems won´t unleash the full potential. and creative habits or destroy ourselves with neuroticism going haywire, find great ways to optimate oneself or madness, just read anecdotal filled pop psychology/science/philosophy books one can read without the danger of the hard work of really changing something or choose the difficult way and this book. Definitely needed this read during this stage of my journey - moving to a new state, finding my career path, being a new mum etc I need to revamp myself and better myself I’m everyday possible, starting off with my habits. While there is an obvious connection between habits and mastery, trying to tie in a topic as complex as mastery was perhaps too ambitious. I’ve been trying so hard lately to break out of a funk and every self-help book I read recommends starting at the most basic level.I have already adopted some of these tips yet the book makes me realise that there are many things that we do that we consider harmless yet taking up most of our time which make us frustrated in real.

If you want to change your life in any meaningful way, the only dependable way I know is to build good habits.Changes that seem small and unimportant at first will compound into remarkable results if you’re willing to stick with them for years. Reaching this point is tricky, as one needs the stamina, perseverance, and resilience not to resign.