If you’re anything like me, you would make it look dope with emojis. The book uses '+' for supportive habits, '-' for unsupportive habits and '=' for neutral habits. Once you are done with the list, you should mark each habit based on whether it helps you to build your new identity, prevents you or just simply neutral. It’s very important to keep in mind that it’s a list of all of your habits, not just the good ones. The habits you do on a regular basis without failing. The idea of the habits scorecard is about collecting your current habits. It’s easier to feel like you're committed. Just write them down on a paper or somewhere else. Otherwise, we're just hanging around probably. When we’re aware of the identity of this person, it’s much easier to collect the habits which support us on the path of becoming that particular person. The book lists many good techniques to turn these obstacles to our advantage.Īccording to the book, the first step is coming up with the idea of the person who we want to become. Our brain wants instant gratification and doesn't accept the delayed reward. Human nature comes with a lot of things that stop us from breaking bad habits. I really liked the idea of taking advantage of human nature and instead of focusing on putting a huge amount of energy to become a new next-level superhuman and get rid of what we are in our genes, make it serve us. The inversion of the four laws comes to the rescue. Maybe, you just have some bad habits you want to get rid of like smoking or desperately checking social media to compare yourself to others. Speaking of good habits, you might be satisfied with your life. The author refers to it as the Four Laws of Behavior Change: The book is built around the four stages of the habit building process that you should follow. This article is about my thoughts on the book and also provides a cheat sheet and examples from my everyday life to make it easier for you to practice the ideas. So this time I've decided to provide a more useful post rather than a motivational speech. Yes, reading is a very important part of this concept but you get the idea. It's like Christmas for me.Īs Dan Lok, the famous entrepreneur and businessman once said, 'Don't read books, use them!'. The book touches many different scientific aspects including biology, neuroscience, and psychology. The book also includes many scientific facts and stories from great habit builders in history which I've found very entertaining.

Especially if you need a step by step guide to change your behaviors in order to build good habits and get rid of bad ones. Ladies and gentlemen! Behold Atomic habits by James Clear, a number one bestselling book on Amazon about how tiny changes can have a huge effect on our every day lives especially if we'd like to achieve success.ĭare I say, it's a great book and a must have on your bookshelf.

Well, it has turned out that there's an entire book on the topic out there. In the previous post, I gave a brief overview of why mini habits can change our lives significantly and now I want to take it to the next level. When I finish a book, I put it on the list. I haven't decided on all the 24 books I'm planning to read so it's a constantly growing list. If you're interested in the books I've read already this year, you can find the list here. So I developed a few mini habits to manage this task. One of my goals for this year is reading two books every month. If you read my previous post about mini habits, you know that I'm a firm believer in the benefits of habit development.

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