Quick Summary
James Clear proposes that the key to profound personal change isn’t radical shifts but small, daily changes, and habits. The book delves into small things that can help you change.
My Personal Golden Nuggets
- Changing what you say, an example James gave was one of two smokers.
Imagine two people resisting a cigarette. When offered a smoke, the first person says, “No thanks. I’m trying to quit.” It sounds like a reasonable response, but this person still believes they are a smoker who is trying to be something else. They are hoping their behavior will change while carrying around the same beliefs. The second person declines by saying, “No thanks. I’m not a smoker.” It’s a small difference, but this statement signals a shift in identity. Smoking was part of their former life, not their current one. They no longer identify as someone who smokes.
💭The reason why I love this so much is because one of my mentors has always told me to be careful with what we say and how we say things.
- Your outcomes are a reflection of your habits:
•Your net worth is a lagging measure of your financial habits.
•Your weight is a lagging measure of your eating habits.
•Your knowledge is a lagging measure of your learning habits.
•Your clutter is a lagging measure of your cleaning habits.
•You get what you repeat.
💡Warren Buffett once said, “The chains of habit are too light to be felt until they’re too heavy to be broken.” It’s easy to become engrossed in our daily lives and overlook the bad habits we’re developing. And it’s okay; we’re all human at the end of the day. Just try your best every day and take it one step at a time.
Progress requires unlearning. Becoming the best version of yourself requires you to continuously edit your beliefs, and to upgrade and expand your identity.
- 💭I’ve subconsciously adopted a similar habit. When I meet someone, I try to be a blank page and aim to learn at least one thing from them. I’ve learned that in this world, everyone is good at something and contributes to making this world a better place, regardless of their role.
I highly recommend this book to anyone looking to make positive changes in their life. It offers invaluable tips for making small yet impactful adjustments. If one approach doesn’t resonate with you, there’s plenty of flexibility to try something different and find what truly suits you best.
Final thought Choice is Fate
Quotes
Habits are the compound interest of self-improvement. The same way that money multiplies through compound interest, the effects of your habits multiply as you repeat them. They seem to make little difference on any given day and yet the impact they deliver over the months and years can be enormous. It is only when looking back two, five, or perhaps ten years later that the value of good habits and the cost of bad ones becomes strikingly apparent.
Goals are about the results you want to achieve. Systems are about the processes that lead to those results.
Fix the inputs and the outputs will fix themselves.
The purpose of setting goals is to win the game. The purpose of building systems is to continue playing the game. True long-term thinking is goal-less thinking. It’s not about any single accomplishment. It is about the cycle of endless refinement and continuous improvement. Ultimately, it is your commitment to the process that will determine your progress.
You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.
The more deeply a thought or action is tied to your identity, the more difficult it is to change it.
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