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Book Review; Atomic Habits by James Clear

NOVEMBER 16, 2020 · IN: TOOLS

Last Updated on November 21, 2023 by Thalia

I’m someone who has a love-hate relationship with habits.

I mean, hands up if you also struggle with building healthy habits. You do your rituals solidly for a week and then they begin to slip.

This s**t is hard.

But Atomic Habits makes building habits easy and fun.

Here’s everything I’ve learnt and gained from Atomic Habits by James Clear

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Table of Contents

The lowdown on Atomic Habits by James Clear

Is Atomic Habits easy to read?

The 3 biggest key points and takeaways from Atomic Habits

1 | Get super specific with the habit you are trying to build

2 | Use habit stacking

3 | Build habits to suit your personality

Final thoughts

The lowdown on Atomic Habits by James Clear

Just as the title says, Atomic Habits is all about habits. How to build good ones and break bad ones.

You might be thinking how can a book on habits be so popular?

Because James Clear shows us that habit-building can be easy and fun. It’s not as boring or arduous as you might think.

And by making these tiny changes daily, you are setting yourself up to achieve remarkable results in the long run.

But why do we need to build habits in the first place?

As James Clear puts it, “Success is the product of daily habits.”

If you truly want to live a “successful” life (placed in quotation marks here as success is subjective and its definition is up to you) then you need to put in the time and effort daily to build healthy habits that support your goals and productivity.

Ok, so I bet you’re dying to find out how we can build habits that actually stick!

James Clear puts it down to a 4-step pattern:

Cue = Make it obvious

Craving = Make it attractive

Response = Make it easy

Reward = Make it satisfying

These “4 laws” act as “The backbone of every habit, and your brain runs through these steps in the same order each time.” (jamesclear.com)

By implementing these four behavioural changes, you are well on your way to becoming more productive, motivated and happy.

So think of Atomic Habits as your step-by-step guide that takes you through these four fundamentals and shows you how to apply them to your life so you can successfully build habits that stick.

“Achieving a goal only changes your life for the moment. That’s the counterintuitive thing about improvement. We think we need to change our results, but the results are not the problem. What we really need to change are the systems that cause those results.”

JAMES CLEAR | ATOMIC HABITS