Do you know any book that really works for you? Well, James Clear’s book ‘Atomic Habits’ is one of the finest and best book out in the universe. Here, in my blog I will take you upon the journey which makes me cherish and acknowledge the book my entire life.
The Tits and Bits of Essense of the Book-
- You get what you repeat. i.e. You become your habits.
- You need to know who you want to be.
- Becoming the best version of yourself requires you to continuously edit your beliefs, and to upgrade and expand your identity.
- Every human behavior: Try, Fail, Learn, Try Differently.
- Your brain is a reward detector.
- Chase rewards because they serve two purposes-1. Satisfy us and 2. They teach us.
- The Four Laws of Behaviour Change is a simple set of rules we can use to build better habits. They are1. Make it obvious, 2. Make it attractive, 3. Make it easy and 4. Make it satisfying.
- The human brain is a prediction machine.
- The process of behavior change always starts with awareness.
- Cues are time and location.
- Many people think they lack motivation when what they really lack is clarity.
- It is important to live and work in environments that are filled with productive cues and devoid of unproductive ones.
- Habits can be easier to change in a new environment.
- The mantra I find useful is ‘ One space, one use.’
- The three essentials for Success are perseverance, grit, and willpower.
- The secret sauce of self-control is to make the cues of your good habits obvious and cues of your bad habits invisible.
- Without dopamine, desire died, and without desire, the action stopped.
- Dopamine is released not only when you experience pleasure, but also when you anticipate it.
- Everyone wants to belong.
- Surround yourself with people who have the habits you want to have yourself.
- Humans everywhere pursue power, prestige, and status. We want to be acknowledged, recognized, and praised.
- We try to copy the habits of three social groups: the close(family and friends), the many(the tribe), and the powerful(those with status and prestige).
- Reframing your habits to highlight their benefits rather than their drawbacks.
- Make the habit easy to start and the rest will follow.
- Change: What is rewarded is repeated. What is punished is avoided.
- The brain prioritizes rewards.
- Remember the last mile is always the least crowded.
- Change is easy when it is enjoyable.
- The human mind wants to “win” whatever game is being played.
- Knowing that someone is watching you can be a powerful motivator.
- Keep experimenting occasionallyAlways ask, analyze “What feels natural to me? When have I felt alive? When have I felt like the real me?
- You can win by being different.
- Work hard on things that come easy.
- The human brain loves a challenge.
- While repeating habiting regularly, you have to fell in love with boredom.
- Professionals stick to the schedule; amateurs let life get in the way. professionals know what is important to them and work toward it with purpose.
- Each repetition develops fluency, speed, and skill.
- The less energy you spend on trivial choices, the more you can spend on what really matters.
- Habits+Deliberate Practice=Mastery
- Establish a system of reflection and review
- Everything is impermanent.
- A lack of self-awareness is poison. Reflection and review are the antidotes.
- Success is not a goal to reach or a finish line to cross. It is a system to improve, an endless process to refine.
- Small habits don’t add up rather they compound.
- The primary mode of the brain is to feel; the secondary mode is to think.
- Your actions reveal your true motivations.
- The source of all suffering is the desire for a change in state.
- If the mismatch between expectations and outcomes is positive(surprise and delight), then we are more likely to repeat a behavior in the future.
- Satisfaction=Liking-Wanting
- You are perpetually putting more weight on the problem than the solution.
- Wanting and liking are the two drivers of behaviour.
- Feeling motivated gets you to act. Feeling successful gets you to repeat.
- In the beginning, hope is all you have. Eventually, it is one ideal book to put you into clarity about behaviour, habits and action. Also, the proper functioning of the human mind is well-understood. So, grab this book immediately without any delay! Hurry, most popular and widely read book should not be missed.

