ISBN: Ostalo
Godina izdanja: 2018
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

"Transform your life with tiny changes in behaviour, starting now.

People think that when you want to change your life, you need to think big. But world-renowned habits expert James Clear has discovered another way. He knows that real change comes from the compound effect of hundreds of small decisions: doing two push-ups a day, waking up five minutes early, or holding a single short phone call.

He calls them atomic habits."

"The text you provided is the official synopsis and opening concept for the international bestseller `Atomic Habits` by James Clear. The core thesis of the book is that massive life transformations do not come from radical, overnight overhauls, but rather from the compound effect of tiny, seemingly insignificant daily choices.
Clear argues that your current life is a reflection of your current habits. By improving your actions by just 1% every day, the mathematical compound effect makes you 37 times better by the end of a single year.
To achieve this, he breaks habit formation down into four actionable steps:

The Four Laws of Behavior Change

• Make it obvious: Redesign your environment so the visual cues for good habits are unavoidable (e.g., placing your running shoes right next to the bed).
• Make it attractive: Bundle a habit you need to do with a habit you want to do to hijack your brain`s dopamine reward system.
• Make it easy: Use the Two-Minute Rule to scale down new habits so they take less than two minutes to start (e.g., change `read one book a week` to `read one page`).
• Make it satisfying: Use immediate rewards right after completing the habit to signal to your brain that this behavior is worth repeating.

Identity-Based Habits

The most profound shift Clear proposes is focusing on who you wish to become (identity) rather than what you want to achieve (outcomes). Every small action you take is a vote for the type of person you want to be. Doing two push-ups doesn`t get you in shape instantly, but it casts a vote for your new identity as a healthy person, slowly reshaping your self-image.
If you want to start applying these principles right away, let me know:
• What good habit are you currently trying to build?
• What bad habit would you like to break?"