It’s an easy
audio to listen to, and I worked through it relatively quickly. The concepts
discussed are very similar to Darren Hardy’s, The Compound Effect. It was a
good refresher.
James Clear very accurately shares that it’s not goals that
are the problem, everyone has goals, e.g. each and every Olympian has a goal to
win. What sets you apart is the system to achieve that goal. I’m pretty
obsessed with ‘step by step’ documents and ticking things off a list, so his
way of thinking about success definitely resonated with me.
The way that we articulate things also has a big impact on success.
For example, instead of saying that you are on a diet, rather change your
mindset to a thin person, in other words, ask yourself, “What would a thin
person do?”.
Habits need to be obvious, attractive, easy and satisfying.
We need to make it
easier to form habits, e.g. to eat healthier, don’t put the apples in the bottom
drawer of the fridge, put them in a bowl on a table so that it’s easy to get to
them.
Habit +
deliberate practice = mastery
Professionals
stick to a schedule; amateurs let life get in the way.
One of the key
lessons from the book was that you need to fall in love with boredom; be
endlessly fascinated by doing the same thing over and over. This is a massive
stumbling block for me as I get very easily bored with things. I have learnt
that I love starting things, but seeing things through to the end are incredibly
challenging. But, I do find that when I put checklists in place to tick off each day, then that
definitely helps to reach a goal.
Highly recommendable
book.
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