Your knowledge is a lagging measure of your learning habits. Your weight is a lagging measure of your eating habits. Your net worth is a lagging measure of your financial habits. “Your outcomes are a lagging measure of your habits. You just need to practice it, practice it daily. You don’t need to map out every feature of the new habit. If you want to master a habit, the key is to start with repetition, not perfection. You need to be patient, consistent and committed. The most significant outcomes of any compounding process are delayed. Your day-to-day behavior is the single most crucial factor in determining the type of person you will be when you grow up. The problem is, we tend to expect too much when starting something new, but in reality, we only really start making progress after we have persevered for a more extended period. Referring to the new year resolution, we often start something and give up because we don’t see results quickly. Just as atoms are the building blocks of molecules, atomic habits are the building blocks of remarkable results.

An atomic habit is a little habit that is part of a more extensive system. Thanks to the digital revolution and considering how equipped we are with a smartphone, 4G connection, headphones, and all the free resources in our preferred language on Google and/or YouTube, why can’t we stop our bad habits and built new once? This is the question that James seeks to address in his book.īut what are Atomic Habits? Namely, something small (like the atom) and repeatable (the habit). We make a resolution every year but forget about it in a month! Despite the best intentions to get fit, stop smoking, and/or learn a new skill, we fail to keep the ball rolling. “Success is the product of daily habits-not once-in-a-lifetime transformations.” As they say, “better late than never” the sooner you start good habits and put an end to bad ones, the better your life will be in the future. This is the first book I will recommend to anyone who is looking to bring about a change in their life why? Habits define us, we can predict our future by the habits we choose, and these choices we make will have a mounting effect on our life.

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