James Clear’s - Atomic Habits
Interview ideas/knowledge & insights distilled as keynotes
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Here are my notes from the James Clear London Real Podcast interview (see link below) for all of you who want to learn more about the psychology of habits, where they come from, how to cultivate them & how to stick to them. This podcast had me gripped. Listen for yourself here and I would love to know if you’ve found these notes helpful.
Watch Here — https://londonreal.tv/e/james-clear/
Quotes
“Results in your life are determined by your habits” “We don’t rise to our goals, we fall to the level of our systems” “There are no high performance people just high performance habits” “Your outcomes in life are the lagging measure of your habits”
Habits and our sense of identity
Build Identity based habits first
Habit = Behaviour done so much it becomes automatic
Identity and sense of self is rolled up in your habits
We come to believe things about ourself through repetition of experiences which result from the story we tell ourselves
Habits create experiences that reinforce the repetition
Every action we take is a vote for the type of person we want to be/become
This is why smaller habits matter. Small actions don’t create an immediate transformation but they cast a vote. Doing one push up every day might not transform your body but you can now say you’re the type of person who does a push up every day. You’re changing your identity/story
Daily behavioural choices really do add up
The real goal is not to write a book but to become a writer, or not to run a marathon but to become a marathon runner
When you adopt a new identity you just act in alignment with who you are. It’s much easier to show up as you want to because this is who you are now
Habit, energy & the brain
Energy is needed to survive, getting energy requires energy and using energy is expensive — because the more energy you use the less you have available for whatever life throws at you
The brain is always looking for ways to conserve energy and habits are a great way of conserving energy (habits — e.g tying a shoelace or brushing your teeth — by their automatic definition require less energy, thought & attention)