![]() ![]() That slight increase in mood ensures John will continue repeating this habit every morning. ![]() Then he responds by picking up the phone and typing some messages.įinally, his reward is the feeling of social connection or belonging. Then he feels a craving to see if his friends have contacted him. Every day he wakes up and thinks of checking his phone almost automatically. The cue that begins the habit is John waking up. What’s the cue, the trigger, the response, and the reward? Here’s what it means: Lesson 3: The Habit LoopĪt the core of this book is The 4-Step Habit Loop:Īll our habits need to have these 4 elements to stick. He believes you first establish the identity, and then the process and outcomes will follow much easier. In his book, Atomic Habits, James Clear explains this model in his book like this: “The most effective way to change your habits is to focus not on what you want to achieve, but who you want to become.” In order to have six-pack abs (outcome), you need to work out consistently and eat well (process), to become a man who has six-pack abs (identity). James proposes 3 layers of behavior change (1) outcomes, (2) process, and (3) identity. ![]() Instead, it won’t be the central focus of your habits anymore. This doesn’t mean you need to eliminate the outcome at all. In other words, a simple identity shift from “I want to” to “I am” makes all the difference in the world. Identity shifts can be challenging to make but once made they do tend to really stick. For example, you can aspire to eat better, sleep better, exercise more often, and much more OR you can adopt the identity of “I am an athlete.” This identity shift can have you living with a whole series of changes as one shift. Identity-based habits will make you happy today, while outcome-based habits will delay happiness until you achieve your goal of having six-pack abs or making $1 million in cash.Ī shift in our identity can often subsume a wide variety of changes all at once. Identity-based habits are more effective than outcome-based habits. ![]() Your habits should be to “become a reader” or “become a writer”, or “become runner”. Don’t make a habit to read 30 books per year or write 10 articles in 10 months. Your habits are a mirror of your identity. Your habits are not a goal with a finish line. If you decided to only learn one thing from Atomic Habits, it should be this lesson. Lesson 2: Your Habits Are A Mirror Of Your Identity Instead, his goal was to only improve his team by 1% every day. The coach didn’t try to change everything at once. Small improvements will lead to big results in the long run.Ĭlear begins the book explaining this point with a very compelling story of a cycling coach who helped the British cycling team make lots of very small improvements which added up to big results. For example, start with reading just 2 pages every day. Instead, what James clearly suggests is to make it as easy as possible in the beginning. You will get bored and you will say, “Oh, reading is not for me”. James Clear shows that improving yourself by 1% every day will have a bigger impact on your personality and your habits than taking big steps once a month.įor example, if you want to build a habit of reading books, don’t try to read 100 pages in one sitting. People often try to take bigger steps than they usually do. This is one of the most important lessons I learned from Atomic Habits. I will drive you through 20 life-changing lessons I learned from reading and applying the strategies mentioned in this amazing book Lesson 1: Get 1% Better Every Day So whether you have read Atomic Habits or not, this article is for you. Today I finished one of the famous self-help books “ ATOMIC HABIT” By “ JAMES CLEAR” #atomichabits #book #bookreader #booklover ![]()
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