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  • WHY BOOK ATOMIC HABITS IS GRADED SO HIGH?

    WHY BOOK ATOMIC HABITS IS GRADED SO HIGH?

    book cover atomic habits by james clear

    The Atomic Habits book by James Clear is considered one of the top-notch books in the self-help genre. In this blog, I will be discussing why this book gets ranked so high in the genre of self-help. I will also reveal certain key principles on habit forming from the book.

    I always believe that the real purpose of a book is to bring change. And why won’t we grade that book so high if there are thousands of people to acknowledge that the book revolutionized their lives? ‘Atomic Habits’ by James Clear is one such book. This blog is particularly important for people who love books, but can’t spare much time out of their busy lives to sit with a book in their lap.

    ‘Atomic Habits’ by James Clear is one such book that has the power to bring instant change in day-to-day life. In the field of self-help or personality development, this is among the few such books which does not merely throw philosophies onto the face of readers. It guides the reader through practical steps towards better habit forming.

    The book Atomic Habits can be termed as recent compared to other competitor books of the genre like ‘Think & Grow Rich’ and ‘How to Win Friends & Influence People’. The book was published in 2018. Astonishingly, it is a very small-sized book. It consists of only 306 pages, and if we exclude ‘Notes Section’ from the book, the book gets reduced to merely 207 pages. How would someone justify not reading a book that is only 207 pages, and can change their life significantly?

    Having given the intro to the book ‘Atomic Habits’, now I will be sharing the things that impressed me most from the book.

    The center of gravity of the book is ‘habit-forming’. The book relieves us from the pressure of believing that it takes lots of effort to develop a good habit. However, developing a good habit only requires a little understanding of how a habit is formed. For example, making your bed. Now this seems to be an insignificant work to be done at the morning. But once we consider that as the first achievement of the day, it would give a new angle of looking at the rest of the day. It would boost our confidence to follow the rest of the day in a disciplined way.

    This one task done well would lead to reading a chapter of the book, or spending half an hour exercising. Thus an apparently insignificant task can be transformed into a catalyst to push the day to a disciplined routine.

    As Warren Buffet had said that habit-forming works just like compounding. One habit builds on the next, and each good habit keeps assisting the next one. Moreover, the results are never linear in pattern. These work in a hockey-style pattern. At the start, results appear exciting due to high energy. With time, boredom starts taking over, and the results start declining. It is this phase of habit-forming that is very difficult to survive. If someone can get through this, then there appears to be a vertical upward trend in the path to progress.

    Another aspect of good-habit forming, which has been projected by ‘Atomic Habits’ is that progress on the path of habit forming will not always be observable to the person changing. It is similar to going to the gym. In that, for initial weeks, months, or even years, there appear to be no visible changes. However, after considerable time has been spent doing that, people start observing the change in your physique. Similar is the case with reading books. One can’t become Aristotle after having read a couple of books. It takes time for the results to appear.

    Another myth cleared by the Atomic Habits book is that of setting high aims. Since childhood, we have been hearing about having big, bold aims. James Clear suggests that having big goals is not significant. Thousands of people set big goals but can’t achieve anything significant. Instead of having tall goals, it is important to have better systems. The systems are the keys to achieving bigger targets, and merely big goals can’t achieve anything.

    According to James Clear, habit forming needs a particular path. Without having created that path, the progress to that habit can’t be measured. Just, for example, you decide to eat healthy food from now on. The moment you decide that out of motivation, you need to sketch out the eating plan on a piece of paper. Having prepared that plan, you need to be assured that you follow that path. Without having a measured way of approaching the goals, progress is not be possible.

    A brilliant trick that I learn from this book is regarding attaching our new habits to the existing habits. James Clear says that it would become far easier to develop a habit if we attach that habit to the thing that we are already doing. For example, we can do 20 push-ups before brushing our teeth. Now every time we would go for a toothbrush (which we often do effortlessly), we would be reminded of doing push-ups, and we are least likely to miss out on doing that. Over time, our new habit would also be as effortless as our former habit had been.

    The Atomic Habits book gives so much importance to measured progress. James Clear suggests that measuring progress not only sets the parameters for accountability. But it also gives a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction. Nothing can be more relaxing than having the ability to measure the progress made on the path to success.

    Moreover, another key aspect that no one escapes is that of boredom. The path towards progress is very slow and takes lots of courage to face continuous boredom with no apparent results in front of us. However, if one can cope with the boredom of forming good habits, the results of that habit will shock the rest of the world.

    If you are someone who is into the field of reading self-help books. I highly recommend you read the book that I just finished. It was Jonathan Eig’s Ali: A Life. You will love the journey of Mohammad Ali’s life, and how he overcame the hurdles of life.

    To conclude, Atomic Habits by James Clear is a powerful book on defining the science behind habit forming in the simplest and logical way. It empowers the reader to master the art of habit formation. If you are interested in reading this book, here is the Amazon link to order the book online: https://amzn.to/4kPxTQK  

  • Atomic Habits by James Clear – Book Summary (Focus24 Book Club)

    Atomic Habits by James Clear – Book Summary (Focus24 Book Club)

    What is atomic habits about?

    Book Cover, Atomic Habits by James Clear, Focus24 Book Club

    Self-help or personality development field of books is always in demand. Authors all over the world are printing books on the subject like never before. Amid this noise on self-help, if there is any book that gets ranked in the top 10 books, no matter what survey it is – it is ‘Atomic Habits by James Clear’. The reason why this book got so much love and appreciation is that it has effectively touched on the basic issues with our habit forming and has provided the ways to deal with those issues simplest way possible.

    How ‘Atomic Habits by James Clear’ makes habit forming easy?

    Habit forming process from atomic habits by james clear

    If you have repeatedly failed to form the habit of going to the gym, here is what James Clear suggests you do. For the initial 30 days, do not focus on how much training you do. Just focus on getting into the gym only. Let that be for 5 minutes a day, a few pushups, or anything like that. Do not stop doing something because there is no measured progress. Initially, your aim should not be to lose weight, but it should be to become the person who is habitual in going to the gym.

    Habit Forming Method From Atomic Habits by James Clear

    There are many researches around, few claiming 21 days, few 66, and few even jump to 90 days, as the period required for a habit to be formed in such a way that it becomes easier to stick to that than leaving it. That way, following the principles of Atomic Habits book by James Clear, one gets into the repetitive hook of performing a habit.

    What are atomic habits?

    Atomic habits by james clear, healthy habit of working out
    athletic people practicing exercise characters vector illustration design

    Atomic Habits are those tiny habits that seem insignificant, but over some time, these amalgamate to be game-changers. Tiny habits like making your bed after waking up, or clearing the desk of unnecessary material at the end of the day turn into the loop of ever-productive life habits.

    How Many Chapters in Atomic Habits by James Clear?

    The Atomic Habits by James Clear consists of following six chapter:-

    • Chapter I – The Fundamentals
    • Chapter II – The 1st Law (Make It Obvious)
    • Chapter III – The 2nd Las (Make It Attractive)
    • Chapter IV – The 3rd Law (Make It Easy)
    • Chaper V – The 4th Law (Make It Satisfying)
    • Chapter VI – Advanced Tactics

    Key To Habit Forming – Shifting Focus From Product To The Process

    Author James Clear reveals in Atomic Habits that to formulate any habit, it is very important that we are deeply engaged in the process of habit forming. We must not delay our happiness until the end product, but rather we should cherish the path which we have taken. Repeating the example of maintaining fitness, we must not be only focused on the number of pounds we have lost in weight. But rather we need to encourage ourselves for the progress which has been achieved in that path i.e habit of going to the gym.

    Atomic Habit Easy Rule For Habit Forming – Make It Effortless

    How difficult would it be for you to enter your room in the dark and switch on the lights? Probably not much. Because of familiarity with the room, and having practiced it enough times. The same is required to be done with our habits. Doing the things that you intend to do so much of times that it becomes effortless for you to perform that action. Repetitive action itself is called a habit.

    Atomic Habits Productivity Hack – Every Habit Should Have a Home

    working productively on laptop, atomic habits by james clear

    In the era where social media platforms are at war against each other to get their users glued to the screens more often than their competitors, our smartphones have become monstrous thieves of our time. We pick up the phone pretending to check email or return some important message, but end up spending another 30-40 minutes surfing social media, shrugging our heads at the end of the session about our wasted time. We can stop this from happening if we give every work a separate home. Like for example, our tablet can only be for checking mail, our laptop to be only for writing, and our phone be only for social media engagements. That way, we do not get caught up doing the thing that we never intended to do.

    Atomic Habits Formula For Habit Tracking

    James Clear rightly believes that tracking is the fundamental method to remain on the path of progress. That each mark and cross on your calendar makes you accountable. A pattern starts to develop and a guilt starts emerging if you do not follow the habit you promised to. Having written the plan in advance and measuring the progress as the days go by, increases the chances of sticking to good habit manifolds.

    Fundamental Atomic Habits Rule – Missing Once Is Accident, Missing Twice Is A New Habit

    One of the basic principles of sticking to the habit you just have started is not to use the excuse of missing it once to change the plan altogether. That is a form of disguise. It’s okay to have skipped something once or twice. Even Olympians have been seen to have skipped a session or two to regain the strength to go. Once you are fully committed, missing once is a mild, coverable accident. However, deep inside, if you have made up your mind not to continue with the habit, you would use ‘missing once’ as an excuse that you are not capable of doing so you better not try.

    CONCLUSION

    A personality is nothing more than the sum of all the habits. A habit is the building block of who we are. If there is anything that needs most of our focus in our lives is our daily habits. This brilliant book by James Clear has not only helped us understand how habits work but has also given practical tips to amend those. What’s your opinion on the book, feel free to share your opinion in the comments section down below. You can claim your copy of the book by clicking here ATOMIC HABITS BY JAMES CLEAR. That’s all for today, till the next review, stay hard, stay strong, stay focused, with focus24.