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Goals DON'T Matter | Atomic Habits
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- Опубліковано 10 кві 2021
- I recently revisited Atomic Habits, a favorite book of mine, to see where I had gone wrong with my own habits which had become too dependant on the goals they served. Hopefully you'll find my conclusions interesting and maybe even useful!
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For everyone getting excited that the bike is back in the gym... hang in there, Zwift video coming SOON 😀
@@karsvau453 they owe me a wahoo coffee mug at least 😂☕️
As a pro musician, since my childhood, I had to get used to the fact, that even practising WELL for 4-5 hours a day, during something like 3-4 weeks….the progress ist still small, almost not noticeable for listeners…..but you have no choice….you have to continue working just not to loose what you have achieved until today.
This was incredibly helpful. I relate 100%. I don't know why it's hard for me to commit to an identity and easier to think of myself as "someone who can run if he wants to," rather than simply as a runner. The latter really has transformative power, I think. Thanks.
Great Video Mark, I fully agree. 10 years ago with the age of 32 I was fed up with my young age habits like smoking, drinking, almost no workout. You realize that your body doesn't forgive anymore. Without specific goal I changed. Step by step reading about healthy diet and sport. Little habbit changes from week to week. After approx 3 years I became fit as a new lifestyle. Almost nothing can change that, cause that's what I am. Than came Spartan races, half marathon, 100km races to show myself how my life changed. and now Covid. But If your habbit is being fit, you are always ready for a challenge, but not that disappointed if an event is canceled. No 100k event taking place, then I go alone. Just do it cause I can.
Holy fuck this video was a banger. Love love love the “what do you want to be, not what do you want to do?” Love the videos. Absolutely killing it
Funny that he mentions hoping to get 10K subs! He deserves a million!
Great perspective. My goal is indeed the creation of a habit: avoiding chocolate chip cookies routinely. Using the treadmill at my sports club ROUTINELY. The pleasure comes in manipulating the volume (duration) and intensity (speed) of the treadmill running or the duration of the cookie-avoiding. Seeing those runs rack up week after week. Knowing I haven't bought a box of cookies for OVER A YEAR. Those are my moments of victory and they have "habit" written all over them.
I rode 500KM on Zwift on one go last week. It was not a goal it was just something I wanted to do for all a military veterans. But I accomplished it because of the habit of being Bike rider Zwifter. So you are right the score will take care of itself. I like your videos. You don’t BS around keep up the good work Sir
Thanks. I was going to do fitness BS videos but the market was saturated 😂
Awesome job on the 500!!
@@baronvonhoughton Thank you
100%, you talk so much sense, finding your channel has completely shifted my outlook. I want to be an above average cyclist, with my bell curve being all those who compete on Strava, a particular emphasis being anyone who rides single speed.
I see this all the time with people trying to lose weight. They get on a diet with the goal to lose a stone. They do it. 3 months later they are back at the same weight planning another diet. This time they buy a running machine and do that whilst they diet...same thing happens. They don't change their way of life. You don't give up doughnuts for a few weeks, you make yourself eat better, you don't run for a few weeks, you make yourself a runner. The weight loss will just happen all on its own.
I lost weight to be able to run, now I run - have done for years :)
You've just set me a goal. I have to read a bloody book now. 🤣🤣🤣 Thanks for talking about this Mark, goals seem to frustrate me but just concentrating on the things you need to do to get to who you want to be is self fulfilling. I usually start a training session with 'Just go and do something it's better than nothing' to get me off the couch and stop procrastinating, then when I get started I can go on to do one of the best efforts I've done in ages. Sometimes not. But.............I've got into the habit of getting off my arse. To the point that if I don't do something for a day I get restless and ache all over. Having said that, I don't overtrain because some days I'll just bimble along to get the legs spinning. My new habit is moving. I read were are designed to do that over many thousands of years of needing to just to survive. This new habit of sitting about is not doing any of us any good at all.
Fitness for the 🧠 😂
Mark, thank you for this - I was prepping for Hyrox in Vienna a got a influenza during the tapering week. 😰You are right : an athlete is defined by his mindset and not by a participation on particular event. Well done you!
My favourite thing about your channel is that you are not all highlight reel. You admit to failures and mistakes. I'm currently rebuilding my running stamina I had a 1 hour flat 10k but I've moved to minimalist shoes. I managed a 33 minute 5k this week and I'm chuffed. My PB officially is 27:00 at a park run.
I absolutely agree with you. Fixating on goals is often not helpful. The path is the goal. And habits make the path easier to walk. 👍
Now open that box!! 😆
Box? What box? 😂👍💪
Thank you for pointing out the thought and integrity behind habit.
I actually read this book when you mentioned it in another video. It’s a fantastic read and one that really resonated me. It was good to see that I was doing stuff, like habit stacking, without knowing there was a name for it. Also I was guilty in a few areas, that I have put a plan in place to change. What you said about identity is really on the mark. James gave a great example for someone who was looking to stop smoking: one person said “I’m tying to give up”, whilst the other said “I’m a non smoker”, it was their identity. Great to find this video, I’m going to watch part II now 😎🙌
I can't concentrate with that unopened box in frame!
Patience 😂👍🏼
@@MarkLewisfitness I won't make it a goal, ill instead want to Be more patient!
I recommend reading former boxer Ed Latimore book, Not Caring What Other People Think Is A Superpower, he suggested not posting goals on social media or telling everyone about it, just post the results afterwards.
Interesting topic and I’ve been thinking about this lately from a similar angle though different terminology about relying on discipline vs willpower. In that discipline is your routine and your structure and your overall strategic commitment that you set up and adhere to via habit, whereas willpower is a more acute tactical resource you can draw down on in limited amounts when needed but which is expensive cognitively. So discipline is what gets you out of the door at 6am and kitted up for a run and doesn’t require willpower, it’s just “what you do” and you save up your willpower reserve as something to call on to push through to the end of a tough interval for example. The point on identity I feel can be a double edged sword - it’s great to feel like part of a community and that running or cycling or whatever is part of your identity (it’s why people buy T-shirt’s and mugs and other bits with reference to their sport, promoting their identity as being part of that community) but it can be dangerous I think to build too much of your identity on that or at least not to ensure that you have a broad, multi-faceted identity. In case thst sounds too abstract what I mean is that for example professional sportspeople can face an identity crisis of sorts and mental health struggles if they are laid up with injury etc - they literally can’t “be” the thing they identify as. All getting a bit philosophical but I do find this fascinating, keep up the great (varied) content, I love it 🙌
ohhh...I like that bit on identity - if you are ARE a runner....what happens when you break a leg??? Are you a nobody??? You'll like part 2 on this next, habits - because, done right, it can make the discipline really easy (or easier!)👍💪
@@MarkLewisfitness exactly! I think there’s also some really interesting conflicts brought about by our “external identity” or how we market ourselves to others, especially on social media platforms. We love to post big rides to Strava or maximum power numbers to Instagram but it’s harder to market the less sexy activities like rest days or sensible cooldowns after workouts, and harder to capture aspects like opting for proper form over higher power - so there’s actually a pressure to select against these even though they are highly beneficial for our training. I’m well off-topic now though - looking forward to part 2 of your video!
Recommending this video to friends, fitness related or not , all around solid live advice
I bought the book & read it today. It's amazing. Thank you! 🙂
A great vid Mark. I agree it is very easy to get to focused on a goal. It reminds me of a holiday we did in a camper van one summer when I was a kid. My dad had no real destination in mind (other than having to be back home in 2 weeks time), but we had a great journey and one of the best holidays ever.
Journey not the destination 👍🏼
Big fan already after merely watching a dozen of your UA-cam video's. You're awesome to watch with great messages!
Thanks Tim 🙏
But... The Kicker bike!!! I was waiting for a comment on it!
Good things come to those who wait 😂
I go to a slimming club. It drives me mad that each week the leader asks those present how much they want to lose, weight wise, in the coming week. She never asks what they are going to do to achieve their weight loss. Months ago she stopped asking me since I always say that I'm focussing on the process not the goal. People there find that odd. I know that if I've followed the process I'll lose the weight. So far it's 102lbs since July 2021. I can utterly relate to the idea of "being" rather than doing. Even though I still need/want to lose a couple more stone I am no longer focussed on weight loss. I am focussed on being a runner, being a much healthier person, someone who does yoga, goes swimming - is fit, active and concerned about their diet in terms of health. I will continue to lose weight because I am living that life style, the life of a slim person. Few people I speak to understand what I'm talking about so it's fantastic to see here the thoughts I've had myself reflected back at me.
This is fantastic. You've given me the ability to articulate why I've finally found success in some lifestyle changes that are leading to me becoming a healthier, fitter, happier person; and why that wasn't happening before. Your channel has helped inspire me tremendously.
Finding your channel, and in particular these videos on Atomic Habits has changed my life. Thank you Mark 🙏 I am now Above Average 🏃💪
Welcome aboard!
Just read that book a couple of month ago. Great wisdom, and advise for sure. The habit stacking part really helped me the most to increase my capacity to get more done in mindless mode.
This would be a great book to listen to on my audible for garmin app for my fenix 6.
If that app existed :(
Mark - very eloquent & well spoken. You explain concepts very clearly
This is EXACTLY what has happened to me (and I'm sure many others), but I didn't understand why! Thanks for the insight!
Been listening to this as an audio book while out on runs. A great recommendation. Thanks Mark.
Just found your channel. Love it. Real talk with no up sell. Other than Kitchen Aid. I've re jigged my whole kitchen.... Oh and I've bought the book.
My aim for a long time has been to be able to say yes to anything my friends/family suggest.
All day hike? Yep.
Run on the beach? Count me in.
Sky dive? Deal.
Swim in a 4 degree lake? Sounds fun.
Fell marathon? Okay.
Iron man? Yer fine.
110k Ultra in June? Best start training...
The goals will always develop, so you may as well focus on the vessel doing them.
Really enjoy your videos, your Altras, your Zwifting, your dogs. Thanks for sharing!
Awesome approach - and I agree, the day my kids/wife says "lets do X" and I say "too old/tired/slow/etc" - they can officially shoot me 😆👍
I actually enjoyed lockdown. I was lucky to have bought some gym equipment the previous Christmas. The free time I gained (by all my activities being curtailed) combined with all unhealthy food temptations being removed (by all my outside activities being curtailed) meant that I could concentrate on training and eating healthily. Nett result was I lost 2.5 stone easily. I was totally locked in to eating healthily and training for a charity bike event.
Then I got Covid at the same time as society started opening up again. I couldn't train and the temptations reappeared. I've put a stone back on. I've managed to limit it to a stone but I cannot seem to lose it again. I also can't seem to get my training discipline back. Today was a perfect example. I had a healthy breakfast and then headed in to London for a work meeting. After the meeting, I realised that I was near a restaurant that I like, so I headed over and had a Philly Cheese steak. My head tells me that it's a one off, but tomorrow, the same thing might well happen again. To quote Oscar Wilde, I can resist everything except temptation. I don't binge eat, I just repeatedly fall off the healthy food wagon. It's quite demoralising. However, I weight trained last night and am just about to get on my turbo trainer. The point about goals is really interesting, as without a goal I struggle for motivation. Therefore, if I want to maintain my fitness, I will need to change my mindset. I find your videos really helpful and encouraging.
Kinda hopping around your videos and damn, this hits close to home. I don't sign up for a lot of races each year, just like 3-4, but they definitely kept me going. Before the pandemic I could go and punch out a 10k with no sweat - even broke sub 50min before everything shut down. Now I run about as much as Jen did before her Hirox training, and it shows, I can scrape out a 5k in under 30, but not without a couple of walking breaks. I guess I should watch the second video (and maybe think about signing up for races again)
I have that book in my "to read list" for a while.
I might listen to it while commuting on my bike
Most goals make me miserable, currently my only goal is to enjoy it which is a habit-forming goal because I can reach it every single day
Really interesting. Lots to think about!
Excellent Mark! Have a goal. Change our habits first to achieve our goals and then make the good habits permanent.
Awesome stuff. I am a cyclist I enjoy cycling. When I have a big ride I want to do it well. But definitely need more good habits to feel better myself.
In exercise physiology study they refer to habits as "process goals"
Same idea.
If you have a performance goal like run a 10km run event in under 50 mins. The process goal might be run 4 x per week.
Then you might set shorter term goals like increasing weekly kms by 10% each week up to say 40km.
Increasing the speed of your short runs etc
I feel like most habits are inspired by goals but perhaps not everyone sets longer term goals like you want to be independent well into old age.
I like the idea of fixating on the type of person you want to be.
Hi Mark, This is the third time I have listened to this video and i have got the book now too. I am about to red it for the second time. Thank you for putting me on to this and it is making a difference already. Hope you get down here to New Zealand some time. It would be great to see you down this way.
A brilliant video! Yeah people talk to me about my loss of weight. I simply brought in intermittent fasting, veg and a bit of Keto, which I enjoyed!
Couch to 5k was amazing for me!!! It meant habit.
Park runs give me goal and habit.
That's interesting. I cycle, mainly at weekends, with fitness in mind, but not necessarily a fitness goal, I just ride the bike knowing that it contributes to improving my fitness. I might intensify that cycling to achieve a goal, ie I could do with losing a stone, but will cycle on regardless if I achieve the goal.
Great video! I really needed this. Thank you Mark.
Great video. There’s a guy in NZ David Galbraith has a similar approach to life and habits. His book Unleashing Greatness should be a compulsory read. I was doing an alpine ultra training run a few months ago. For no reason other than it was *fun*. Someone asked me what was I training for? I answered *life* - they agreed that was a great thing to be training for!!!
I'll have to see if its on Audible - have a few credits to use atm!
Great vid. again Mark, Lots of visdom, common sense and humor🙂 I never struggled with plummiting motivation after events. Maybe because my goals in general wasn't about doing this or that, but to do as good as possible or to get better at this or that. The few times I had a fixed goal, I just set new goals when the ones I had was acheived. For me it sounds a bit daft to focus on one finite goal and "waste" a lot of fitness if you stop training when the goal is acheived.. I could be the daft one though🤪🤪🤪 Keep up the good work👍👍👍💪💪💪👍👍👍
Makes a lot of sense - I just fell into a trap of never giving it much thought because where constant....until they vanished!!!
@@MarkLewisfitness It makes total sense that one may focus so hard on a goal that the trip there and the time after the event gets strange and motivation zeroes after the event. It's a good point you and James makes.
Thanks for this video. Awesome stuff. 👌🏽
Helping randoms around the globe. God bless bro 🙏🏽 wishing you all the best in fitness and health.
Late to the party here, but have been thinking about goals and habits of late. Thanks for posting this work...and for doing youtube in the way that you do.
Goals matter! There is a clear difference between running a 5K and participating in a marathon. The goal determines your training. To be "a runner" does not help you at all.
Strange to realize now that I am not very goal oriented but rather an animal of habits and I do things because I love them. When I started running I did it to get out and have some alone time and the half marathon / marathon were just a side product of it. But even during the training for both of them it was the training plan that motivated me and not the goal. After the marathon I did not have the post race blues as I only wanted to go back running. Even now that I train for my 2nd marathon I am not looking forward to the race but the next long run.
Just finished Atomic Habits. Where was this book when I was 17, right? Didn't see the book as standard "Self-Help" tome as much as common sense reminder that we shouldn't overthink ourselves. Just act! Clear, as a matter of fact, was quite clear! Readable in 2-3 sittings, which I appreciated, as was the recommendation from you. I really enjoy your channel's mix of running and fitness info, delivered alongside comedic monologue (you might want to take another run at stand-up when the COVID settles down). At 6-3, 215 and 68 years I can also appreciate the strides you have made since drawing a line in the sand at 300+ lbs, and taking on the Hobbits at their own game. Training for a 5k in South Florida at the moment. Shooting for "Better Than Average", of course (
Thanks Mark, I really enjoyed this. Working out has been a part of my life since the late 80's. I tend to workout first thing so as to minimize the risk of excuses. I rarely have a particular "event" goal in mind, although they do occur. When they do, I adjust my routine and arrive at the event prepared. Most of the time, my motivation is simply to improve my fitness and to stay out of the health care system. Looking forward to part-II. I'm also looking forward to your review of the Wahoo Headwind. A heartrate-based fan is a smart idea for indoor training on a bike or rower
Hey Douglas, sat here writing part 2 as we speak! Great you enjoyed part 1 - motivates me to crack on with this one!
great video and review!
maybe you'll find the book of George Leonard - Mastery interesting
clear inspiring message and true
Really like the effort taken with the icons and text flying in! Thanks Mark!
I watched a UA-cam guide to editing effects. You can always tell when I watch a new “how to” video because I start using what I learnt all over the place 😂😂😂
Think you've just hit the nail on the head for me, I enter a marathon and smash the training and then struggle with motivation half assing everything until I enter another big race or I run badly enough in a shorter race that I'm embarrassed with the outcome. During covid my training was even worse than ever, until October last year when I entered another marathon. Sat here now after 5 months of the best running of my life looking for another goal as the marathon was 4 days ago. I need to carry on the good habits I set during marathon training, seems so simple now.... duhh
I love your videos hence you are honest and strait forward. This one got me thinking about my marathon (First) and work in general. I will change focus now and also run after the finish line in April. ;)
Top video Mark... Thank you for this 👍💪
Need a playlist of just Mark's book recommendations. Read born to run after you mentioned it on one of your videos and it was the best book I have read in years. Now eager to read atomic habits.
Just those two will do! Probably the two most influential books (on my health) I’ve read. 👍🏼 📚
Great vid mate. I’ve had a similar thing, lockdown happened decided to get healthier, lost 30+lbs, knew lockdown was coming to an end (again ish) and have lost the motivation. Bad habits creeping in. I never consciously set out to be “lockdown” healthy but subconsciously I must have associated the two. The vid made me think. Cheers man 👍🏼👌🏼
ha exactly the same for me mate .
Great video Mark...love your insight and the psychology of all this which plays a bigger role than most people think.
Hi Mark, great vid as usual. So ironic that your ads in these vlogs are for 1. Hair loss and 2. Walkers crisps😂
I would love more videos on being above average across the board
Excellent!
Love it. Great video can’t wait for part 2. I read that book last year and loved it but have drifted away from my processes as well. Keep it up Mark
This was very insightful! Thank you for sharing, this book is now on my list to read!
Excellent!!!
Love the honesty Mark👍🏻👍🏻
Fascinating stuff man!!! Appreciate this channel 😎👍
Awesome video, also really timing as I'm coming up with my team's yearly goals.
I see your become a UA-camr goal has helped you do 4 way split montages!
This is fantastic. Thank you. On to part 2 :)
I’m going to download the book. I have been using “The Seven Habits of Highly Successful People” by the late great Stephen Covey along with Franklin Covey Day Planners for over thirty years. I also use techniques and principles from “Breaking The Habit of Being Yourself” by Dr. Jo Dispenza I love the last book Anthony Robbins released “Unshakable”. I am currently I’m studying the “The Miracle Power of Your Mind” series by the late great Joseph Murphy and I am considering enrolling in a personality course by Dr. Jordan Peterson. I do all of this not only for myself but also for my patients. The more techniques I learn it seems the more I can use one or another to help a person with a specific tendency that is significantly affecting their health. I think it’s time for both of us to write a book or several books because part of who we are is our empathy and ability to communicate healing with passion. I’ve certainly been enjoying your journey so well documented on UA-cam. Thanks for the heads up. Can’t wait to put on the headphones, jump on the trainer and extract what’s useful from this book that has made a paradigm shift for you. Peace and Blessing!
Some good book choices there - read most of those!
@@MarkLewisfitness yes I’m sure you have. The proof is in your accomplishments and lifestyle. That’s why it’s time for you to consider writing your own. 👍🏽
Thank you Mark. I'm new to your channel but I'm enjoying. I found this video particularly interesting as I'm starting a 18 weeks ultra training period after a few years out...because I had shite habits!! 🤦♂️😂
Great video Mark, can't wait for part two!
Thank you Sir
Great video. I’m from New Zealand, we never skip coco pop day. 😀
Really enjoying your channel. You’re clear, concise, logical, and entertaining. I must have missed the episode where you cleared out the 701 and 250L but are you going to be doing any more biking in the future or is that not physically demanding enough for you any more? 😂
I love this review of your own process 👏👏
Great video ty
Like that is not enough :) i love it. Have that book since a year but looks like i have to read it again, thanks for that.
Another awesome video, well thought out and very inspirational and motivating 👍🏻. Thank you! 🙏🏼
Thanks for the book reference. I will have a look. If I may suggest a book in response, have a look at “Mastery, by George leonard”.
Similar message : focus on the process and not the outcome. Also he talks about different platforms of progress on the journey of different processees. Good read!
Note made, will check it out 👍🏼
@@MarkLewisfitness I have use several passages in my job as training director for a SCUBA organisation. Writing course materials for scuba divers. But for my personal lifestyle. My process is keeping a healthy and strong body for whatever life can through at me :-) that's why I train as a triathlete. Never done a triathlon but will one day. I just like the all-round work out. Also needed as a diver.
Anyway like your vids buddy!
Excelent! I would so much to know your opinion about the fact that I experienced, that the goal forces you sometimes to change your habits and maybe you would change your identity in the process?
Couch to 5K was brilliant to get me running 👍🏻
When are you planning to launch your golf UA-cam channel?
Great video! And so true.
Good bit of knowledge. Loved it
Thanks a lot - glad you enjoyed it 😁
Be ready, so you don't have to get ready. A wise man once said.
"like" for goal #4 ;-) . In general I'm with you as I've made the same experiences.
Hello Mark,
I have been EATING your Videos. Very Interesting! My indoor rowing workouts at 5am aren't boring at all! Been busy online for almost a year now. Investing, Blogging and Marketing, but sometimes it's a Grind and a hole in my Wallet. I love to workout, Fish, and just be Outdoors and what I do isn't really that. I need to find a way to make my little Girl and coming baby Proud! I wanted to start a channel on UA-cam for ages, but it's always the what niche, how to start, and what the peep I'm thinking. ps I ordered the Wahoo Bickr because of you! My wife doesn't know it yet hahaha. Soon I will hit it hard, so I can climb hills here in Spain too! So difficult sometimes. Thanks again and I hope you are an amazing father because that's really the only thing that Counts! Keep It Up!!!
Thanks Peter. Sounds like you have it all going it the right direction 👍🏼💪
My best book ever
Totally reasonable, you can change your life by changing your habits, and you are what you do every day 👍😊
It’s all about the journey not the destination…if it was about the destination you could drive to the Ironman finish line.
Great Vid as always and I’m loving the arrival of your new Kickr Bike 👊🏾
I know!!!! Build starts tomorrow at 4pm ..... race at 6 😂
@@MarkLewisfitness Damn! That’s cutting it close 🥵
@@paulmorrison30 box to podium, 2hrs 😂 (or box to 🤮)
@@MarkLewisfitness that's a video title if I've ever heard one!
@@HereThereBackAgain I’ll record it before I title it..... could end up bike to hospital 🏥 😂
GREAT video!
What do you wantto do =
1. Go and run a marathon anytime
2. Make my easy run a marathon
3. Be able to run a marathon 2-3 times per week
These are probably not decoupled goals (from a system)
Identity allows you to pivot, to handle the ups and downs life gives you.
Love the message hear and will be buying the book for sure. Cheers Mark
Well worth it - last ACTUAL physical book I bought before this .....was I can't remember when! Get this, a highlighter and a couple of quiet evenings - you are good to go!
Habits are not more important than goals. Goals are not more important than habits. They simply have different aims. TL;DR: if you want to *get rid of* the final result (finish a report for work), make a goal. If you want to *keep* the result (stay fit for life), make good habits.