Book Titles

Atomic Habits
An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Bread Bad Ones

By James Clear

Year Published: 2018
ISBN-13: 978-0-7352-1129-2
Categories: Change, Habits, Improvement

278 Quotes Found

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Atomic Habits:

…habits are the backbone of any pursuit of excellence.

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Atomic Habits:

The upside of habits is that we can do things without thinking. The downside of habits is that you get used to doing things a certain way and stop paying attention to little errors.

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Atomic Habits:

Each habit unlocks the next level of performance. It’s an endless cycle.

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Atomic Habits:

…research has shown that once a skill has been mastered there is usually a slight decline in performance over time.

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Atomic Habits:

…good enough is usually good enough. The less energy you spend on trivial choices, the more you can spend it on what really matters.

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Atomic Habits:

Habits are necessary, but not sufficient for mastery. What you need is a combination of automatic habits and deliberate practice. Habits + Deliberate Practice = Mastery.

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Atomic Habits:

Mastery is the process of narrowing your focus to a tiny element of success… and then using this new habit as the foundation to advance to the next frontier of your development.

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Atomic Habits:

It is precisely at the moment when you begin to feel like you have mastered a skill… that you must avoid slipping into the trap of complacency.

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Atomic Habits:

Reflection and review enables the long-term improvement of all habits because it makes you aware of your mistakes and helps you consider possible paths for improvement.

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Atomic Habits:

“Improvement is not just about learning habits, it’s also about fine-tuning them.”

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