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James Clear’s 5 Habit Insights to x10 Your Chances of Success
You Are What You Repeatedly Do
James Clear is a Habit guru. He is the king of habit formation
If you haven’t read James Clear’s book ‘Atomic Habits’* I’ll fill you in. Atomic, meaning small pieces that make up big things, James talks about how the power of embedding tiny changes in our lives leads to big, big things.
The way James sees it is success doesn’t come from breakthrough moments or the light bulb switching on. Success comes from being conscious about good habit formation, creating systems and leveraging success.
*the book is totally marvellous. It tells a great story, backed up by interesting evidence. It’s clear, concise and totally logical. If you haven’t read it I would really recommend it.
So what are the takeaways?
The Power and Proof
James says that there is proof that tiny habits, embedded over a long period of time, work. He knows because he’s lived it. The book starts off by telling us about a horrific accident, James gets whacked in the face by a hurling baseball bat. Long story short, the guy was swinging the bat, let go and well… you get the picture.
