The 3 life-changing ideas in James Clear's Atomic Habits
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- Опубліковано 4 чер 2024
- If you want to build new habits, James Clear's book "Atomic Habits" is an incredibly useful read. Today, we'll look at what I believe are the three most important ideas from the book.
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"Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become." - James Clear
" You do not rise to the level of your goals, you fall to the level of your system."
I've just finished reading it today.
Awesome work.
Brother it is 1 month since you read the book. Please tell me if you noticed any positive changes. Please don't take my comment in a negative way......
Peace
Thanks Thomas, I think Atomic Habits is a great book too. One of my favorite ideas from James' book is the trap of thinking we need to spend more time learning before we jump into doing something new. The irony is that what we probably need most in that moment isn't more study or preparation -- it's action. Unless we're talking about heart surgeons or airline pilots, more prep doesn't necessarily lead to better results at a certain point. When we start to take those small, actionable steps towards our goal we are that much closer to achieving it.
this was exactly the point where i took a sticky note, stuck it on the page and wrote 'PERSONAL ATTACK' because it was.
I think it would be better to have a kind of system first than diving straight into any actions.
@@miguelsalamera9386 Yes I guess that is important, but there is no need to have everything %100 learned and ready to make the first step, you can take some action, try it, get some experience and from that you can improve your system and adapt it to your actual personal needs. In mi case for example, I was spending too much time watching this kind of videos, downloading apps and setting lots of things up, but I wasnt really doing nothing. Now I take small steps, I succeed/fail, come back to my desk and improve the system. (Sorry for bad english)
I agree with both of you. Set up the preliminary system then do, then go back to reflect and change, then do the process all over again. Marco, you did a great job in the English part. Congrats!
As a medical doctor, this even applies to heart surgeons. There's only so much we can learn by reading books and watching lectures. At some point, surgeons need to get in there and practice it for themselves (of course with lots of supervision and correction)
"Focus not on never failing but on never letting failure become a habit of its own." - Thomas Frank
"Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become."
--James Clear, Atomic Habits
@@murtazabugti9307 why though? I mean how exactly it's detrimental to you or others?
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i scrolled down to this comment at the exact moment he said it in the video.
Exactly. This is a huge idea in the book.
My favourite part was when he talks about breaking down the habit into the easiest first action, then just treating that as your habit goal. I've tried for years to get into the habit of going to the gym, but I didn't succeed because the thought of working out was overwhelming on those days I just wake up feeling tired. Then I decided to experiment with making my habit just walking to the gym, that's it. Literally just the 15 minute walk there, zero pressure to work out. But since getting there is the hard part, I always end up doing something while I'm there. Now I've been to the gym every day for the past 7 weeks with zero issues, just from that small switch in mindset. Got a bunch more from the book ofc, but that part changed my life. Love it.
that sounds pretty interesting, thanks for sharing
Just finished reading this book recently! This is great as a summary.
Me too!
The book is very inspirational and practical. I read the first chapter and I can say that the book is only going to get better. 😊 😊
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01:30 - 1% Better Every Day
05:23 - Identity-Habit Harmony
09:20 - Democracy of the Self
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Also Nathniel Drew
Its big brain time
“Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.”
― Aristotle
Yeah but aristotle also thought that atoms weren't real soo....
@@cortex1014 I shudder to think about how much we're currently wrong about science...
Cortex101 I mean he didn’t have many reasons to believe they existed back then. Also Aristotle said so many things that many are dumb and wrong. But he also said some smart things and like.. basically invited science
@@Thomasfrank quantum physics go brrrrrrr
Maybe. I taught my child to their bed every day. It never 'took' that child is now an adult slob. Lovable, but a slob. **L**
This dude is the GOAT of ad transitions... is unbelievable! I don't know what sorcery Tom uses but he constantly makes me watch until the very end and be genuinely interested in his ads.
Love Atomic Habits so much! It changed my life. I even just created a Four Burners Theory video inspired by James Clear 😍
I just got chills watching this, Thomas! I'm a singer-songwriter who just started my BS/MS in Electrical Engineering and I'm struggling the same way you were. I've used those exact words to my friend who is a civil engineer. "I'm not cut out for this," and luckily he has been telling me the same thing as you. This is great confirmation for me to not give up on reaching my goals of mastering guitar, foreign languages and finish my degree. Thanks so much for the video and keep doing what you're doing. You're such an inspiration.
"Achieving a goal is only a momentary change" really love this book
I was going to procrastinate gym today because my week is quite hectic but this video made me put my gym clothes and vote for my healthy self
Whenever I try adding a new habit to my routine, it never seems to work out the first time. I think overcoming failure is a big part of the adaptation process. For me, the key has been accepting that failure and having the persistence to keep going.
Don't worry. It's what Jordan Peterson once said "the fool is the precursor to the savior". Accept youre bad at first and learn step by step. Better to try and fail a million times than do nothing. Fake it till you make it fam.
Failure is part of the journey, through failure you learn what eventually works for you
Thomas, definitely do more videos like this condensing gold nuggets from great books into easily digestible media. LOVED this one!
kinda shook that nate, joey, thomas, and matt all uploaded within the same 24 hour period. is this heaven
Its a blessing when both Thomas and Ali upload on the same day!
This book finally made changing habits possible for me. Although I do go off track from time to time but the principles in the book really help me to get back on track. The initial chapters in the book are immensely powerful as they directly target your ego. Instead of relying on temporary hacks, James Clear gives us a clear and pragmatic approach towards habit building and breaking.
I picked up this book from our library a week or so ago after watching your video recommending it. Its great! I'm really appreciating the wisdom in this, and loving your videos.
I've recently picked up this book and have been reading it. Slowly but surely I'm going to be better.
I've been following you for a while Thomas, thank you sharing all you've learnt with us.
I also like that mindfulness meditation workbook called 30 Days to Reduce Stress by Harper Daniels for building a habit off daily meditation. It helps me.
Thomas frank Is such a great motivation for me on my youtube journey,I am glad I was motivated by this man
Hey Thomas, this comes literally from the heart: I've been following you since, I guess, 2015 and I am so proud to have followed you in this journey.
You are the one youtuber I still follow having moved away from the digital roulette machines - ironically, thanks to you too.
I see you've become conscious, on a personal level, and on broader socio-political themes, you've matured technically and artistically - and idk if you're even gonna see this, but it's just incredibly cool. Plus, you've maintained that lightheartedness which you had at the beginning, but as an adult not as boy. Really, bravo. And bravo to everyone who has helped you along the way. Ciao
Once you start an habit and keep it, trust me, It will be easier to add more to your routine. And don't worry if you made progress or not, we all have days when we feel like kings and days when we feel like dummies. Just take the first step guys.
I watched this as a revision of the ideas in the book. My all-time fav!
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I've read this book in June of this year, wanting to utilise my quarantine for better habits. Well, long story short, I have been able to successfully put in motion 4 habits that i pursue almost everyday. This book was a gem and if anyone is on the fence on reading this just do it, this is probably the single best book i've read in 2020
Recently I just listened its audio narration....best work i've came across till now
Wow, it's been like... seven years since I first found the College Info Geek site. Your latest videos are incredibly polished, and surprisingly entertaining at the same time. I see no better evidence of compounding improvements than from watching you yourself grow, Thomas!
I learnt the 1% rule here and started applying it to my art career and the results, oh surprise, are that I KNOW I've improved a lot and, even if I haven't put too much effort into it (or I don't feel it that way), everyone is telling me that my improvement in the last few months is huge. And the best part about everything altogether is that I'm allowing myself to make mistakes, to do things with the level I have right now bad improving 1 new little thing at a time AND I'm having soooooo much fun during the process!! I'm much more confident with my art and the learning path has become more interesting. Thank you so so much, Thomas!! 🙌🙌🙌
I love watching one of your videos in the morning.. wakes me up and gives me that feeling of "seize the day!" Thank you :)
you are the most humble and helpful productive guru, i have ever seen.
This is perfect! I was literally just reading this book. Thanks Thomas!
Is this just a coincidence that Thomas Frank, Better Ideas, Nathaniel Drew, and Ali Abdaal, all post on the same day 🤔 ?
And a lucky one at that!
Gosh Nathaniel is so overrated, just look his titles... They're so clickbait it's cringy
it is not. wednesday is the best day for views
You're pretty lit for subscribing to all of them
Starting new habits even though it is not a new year! This is my every day's resolution!
Taking a step back and ACTUALLY looking at the biological chain of habit (and addiction) formation in itself can help distance oneself from the illusion of pleasure and thus make the process of reframing ending a bad habit to positive A LOT easier.. this helped me quit most of my bad habits and addictions alone. Realizing that “I” wasn’t addicted to it, and that I truly wanted the complete opposite, but merely it was a product of human biology; an almost inevitable process if not consciously monitored. Maybe this can help you too 🤔
joachimbrams - inner mastery you’re being is the product of a thousand (mostly) environmental causes, but you’re the only one responsible for you and the choices you make going forward.
I see making it impersonal might help.
@@aeid99 I totally agree, Aya - if I understand you correctly. Our environment growing up is responsible for a lot of our programming. The subconscious mind is highly susceptible to input and learning as it's in a theta brain wave state (almost hypnotic) and thus easily influenced, especially considering our critical mind can't stand guard to input, as it isn't really developed before the age of 7 and thus we have no choice but to accept what comes our way. We simply don't know better. But yes, once we grow up we definitely have the opportunity to increase our awareness towards our conditioning by doing the inner work, and improving that moving forward. So I definitely resonate with your message! Have an amazing day 🙏
@@VeritableVagabond Worked very well for me that's all I can say... Let me know if you have any questions. Couldn't really go too much into detail with my comment. Have a great day!
@@auralunaa do you this summary is enough or should I read the book
Hi Thomas, I actually saw your 2nd Atomic Habits before seeing this one. For whatever reason I never saw this one before till last week. I'm commenting because, well, watching this video really really really helped! I've watched your self discipline video about a billion times and I would always get stuck on the identity step--just wasn't sure where to go with that... So then I see this video and I watch it and your example about the runner and what would the runner do in that situation completely hit home for me and it just clicked. Then you talk about the democracy of self and your personal example of engineering and math and not casting enough votes really resonated with a goal of mine that I just crashed & burned on when the rubber hit the road. Anyway, probably tmi, but I wanted to let you know that this video put me on the right side, so to speak :)
I have read 70%of this book and reading it all over again and getting better than before .thanks for the video .
What a coincidence! I just started reading this book 4 days ago and you are here with the summary! Thanks Thomas!
You hit a key aspect here with the identity-habit harmony bit, that needs to be talked about more. We should ask: who am I and who do I want to become? Belief is the most powerful force behind getting habits to stick.
This is one of the books that I think it's so valuable to read more than once. It's so simple and it doesn't promises any miracles. Yet, one of the most valuable books I've read
Yeah. Compelled already. I've been reading the book and I'm currently on page 230, that's a great book and I built an instant habit due New Year and that's fantastically changed my everyday life as an ex procrastinator, and lazy dog boy. Thanks Thomas Frank for enabling us to be a good constituent of this society. You also do encouraged me whenever I feel exhausted and lazy.
God bless your channel and your life towards progression.
Despite living in a country where everything is full of misery and sorrow, I found these ideas (habits, self-discipline ...etc) the only way to prosper and evolve, I read this book a month ago and it was a life-changing point, I reread the cheat sheet every day to remember myself of the importance of small changes and thanks Thomas for your video, cannot wait to see the second part.
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Which country would that be?
Wish you only the best.
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You explain the atomic habits concepts really well. I’m really enjoying them & find them really helpful. Thanks!
love that good old usa sunglasses phone couch fall clip 0:25
I was waiting for you to make a video on atomic habits. One of the best books out there for goal setting. Especially goals VS systems
This was the best book I read all quarantine.
Try sell or be sold by Grant Cardone. It's not about habits, but it's a great book for skills that anyone needs.
Thomas sir you insipred me alot everytime you come give us a dose of motivation
Big thanks Thomas for your efforts ,you opened my eyes.
As you were talking about your situation with not becoming an engineer, I remembered how I too steered away from Math after the 5th grade, since we had gotten a teacher who, although was a genius, couldn't actually teach well and never checked on our homework, so we lost interest and only did the bare minimum. So I got it into my head that I'm not good at Math, even though I went to Match competitions until the 5th grade. Couple of years ago I got interested in a course in Finance, and my mom's reaction was to immediately tell me that I might fail, since I'm bad at Match. So here's an interesting topic: if someone says they're not good at something, should we encourage them to keep trying because they will get better at it, or leave them be to decide what is it that they might actually like better than the first topic they mentioned?
Tom is a living example. That’s enough to inspire me.
The best way to inspire people.
I’ve been listening to atomic habits. It’s a really good book. You have no idea how much your videos have helped me.
I just read Atomic Habits because of your videos. And I just want to say, IT’S SO COOL THAT YOU WERE MENTIONED IN CHAPTER 18. And that you didn’t even brag about it!
Notification Squad!!! Keep up the great work!
This was so so helpful! The best quality content as usual 😍
Loved to hear your perspective on this. Really enjoyed the video! 👍🏻
I am glad that I read this book already and it definitely changed my life.
Thanks man, I needed this ❤️
I ordered this book a few days ago and today it arrived and now this video shows up on my feed. Must be a sign :)
Thank you so much for this video🙏🏾
Great video Thomas. Watched James's live session yesterday, this video seems to be inspired by that
I’m reading this book now. Really love it, along with BJ Fogg’s Tiny Habits, also based on behaviour design research from Stanford university’s behaviour design lab. Great summary you made!
Yep , needed this. Thanks Thomas
Hey! I absolutely love your videos! I've been reading Atomic Habits and I just reached the part where you are mentioned and I got extremely excited!
Thank you for all your content. It's really helped me out a lot.
Early for the first time! Thanks for your vids Tom!
Just started reading this book. Seems quite interesting and helpful
omg i've never been this early, just wanna say thanks Thomas for all your helpful tips in time management & scheduling, really helped me out in my early years of college! cheers!
Hey dude! You alright? Missed you! I passed two exams in the meantime and lot of the motivation and inspiration I found to endure was thanks to you!
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I will never forget that Ted talk about the dude that learned how to knit 🧶 I think he actually also read atomic habits, but nonetheless it changed me completely! I realized that every habit I ever made or any knowledge I ever gained was gained through these basic principles - and all it takes for me to be less scared of a huge goal / task is to remember how it was with things I already know but I haven't known it for example five yrs ago.
Identity-habit-thing: this also changed me a lot a couple of months ago when my personal trainer called me a sportist. I was like "F yeah I actually AM a bodybuilder! " Every time I struggle with my new eating habits, just calling myself a bodybuilder changes EVERYTHING! And until my trainer told me that, I never thought about it... She changed my mindset completely! m
Just as usual the video is so much informative and amazing Tom
Amazing! I’ve seen the book many times (probably at airport bookstores) long before I’ve stumbled upon the author. After watching your video, things are getting clearer. Thank you for this crystal clear deconstruction of an already-amazing and practical idea 💡 about the “aggregated marginal gains” .
James Clear is very clear man. His book is best book till date which I have read.
Always enjoy a new good read - will have to bookmark this one!
Love this book, helpful summary
THanks Thomas, what a amzing video and full of interesting insights, I appreciate your hussle man, take care
I read this book it's really amazing it would be great if you get some time read it. But this vedio has given a perfect summary of that book . Great work👏👏👏👏👏👌👌
I have myself read the book and this is amazing piece of art...just amazing book
9:37 I really respect and appreciate the thought process that went behind this clip
Just finished reading that book. It is really good and with those chapter summary, I will refer to it often in the future. Thanks for the great video, as always great content and nice deliver.
This video is worth watching! More of this, please!
Thanks for the video!
Was wondering what had happened to you man, glad to see you are back
Your videos as of late are strong evidence of the "1% better everyday" idea. Great work!
I watched you before, but didn't realise you were mentioned in the book until I read that today. It made me smile 😄
Omg. This is so helpful! Glad I ran into this.
Oooo I’m excited for the video coming up!!!
An alternative to focusing on your identity: just take your mind off whatever the obstacle is. Think about anything else, or let your mind drift where it will, other than the offending obstacle. If you're not thinking about how exhausted your are on your run or whatever, then it is no longer as much of an obstacle for you. I find most of the obstruction is in my mind with things like this. As you say, I think things like, "Why am I doing this to myself?" or "Why do I have to suffer?" or some such. Just... don't think it. When you do, smile 'cos you've caught it, and reflect on something else instead.
Good info. I have always been a daily exerciser - bike ride, hike, walk, ski (in winter). No gym membership and no indoor home exercise routine because I didn't need it. Over the summer we had terrible air quality for over a month (air quality index of 300+) in the Sierra Nevada of CA due to forest fires. Changed locations and didn't have a good routine or access to open space so was not getting out as much but not too worried about because the occasional skipping of exercise had not been too. much of a problem. Fast forward to November and the daily exercise identity has weakened in the 6 months, and now go many days without exercise. I stepped on the scale - have gained 6 lbs and feel pretty out of shape. So, this is a good reminder that the compounding effect works both ways.
Thank you so much!
LOve your videos. Especially the Democracy of the self. I feel defeated sometimes without even giving it a real try, or I start the day off poorly and just give up. But I see how this is a self-fulfilling prophecy, and I don't have to be like that.
I recently read the book. Great experience!
I have just discovered your channel. Great stuff! I have read Atomic Habits but thanks for reminding me of the key takeaways from this great book. :)
'Acting as if' is a wonderful mantra to remember for yourself if you ever want to make meaningful change!
That's so crazy, i just read the sample of this book! Thank you Thomas Frank. 15 dollars is too much for me to read a self help book. Thanks!
This is perfect. I had the same idea about Identity, but when I would try to talk to people about it they just didn't get it. Maybe I wasn't very good at expressing the idea, but you put it very well. thanks!
Was just listening to this audiobook today
I keep seeing this book everywhere, I’ll take that as a sign it needs to be read..