1% Better Every Day Video - 24:36 minutes
TakeAways:
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Building a good habit is difficult because most of us don't have a clear plan for the goal we want to achieve.
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So, It's important to give time and place to live in the world. One must have a specific plan for each day.
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There are four stages for building any habit:
- Noticing:
- Environment plays a vital role in developing any habit.
- Place the things related to the goal inside your environment for a constant reminder.
- Don't be the victim of the environment, be the architect of it.
- Wanting:
- Put more steps between yourself and the habit to change.
- Oppositely put fewer steps between yourself and the habit to acquire.
- More easy the route is more effectively the task can be done.
- Doing:
- Outcomes of the things depend on the number of repetitions performed to achieve it.
- To acquire a habit, perform a task regularly such that it will become part of life one day.
- Optimise the starting line for initiating the task as some efforts are needed to start the task.
- Liking:
- The reward is delayed for a good habit that's why difficult to keep liking or enjoying the task.
- Find out the way to enjoy the process at that moment.
- Don't break the Chain, and if breaks, never miss it twice.
Summary:
- Actions one takes, provide evidence of one's personality.
- No need to abandon your habits/personality to bring a change
- Changes are generally brought plank-by-plank.
Moral - If you can change your habits, you can change your life.
Book Summary of Atomic Habits - 11:11 minutes
Write about the book's perspective on habit formation from the lens of Identity, processes and outcomes?
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According to the author, "Identity change is the north star of habit change."
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It means, most of us work for the outcomes and don't enjoy the process to reach the goal thus it's difficult to build habit ( task as a part of your identity).
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Ideally, one must feel the change first then start the journey to be the change, also enjoy the path taken to achieve the goal.
Write about the book's perspective on processes and goals?
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The author says that The purpose of setting goals is to win the game. And the purpose of building the systems is to continue playing the game.
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In the entire book, the author wants to convey the message to the readers that you shouldn't keep aspiring for the end-results. Because once the goal is achieved you will fall into existential crisis well or get stuck into the burnout phase.
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Instead, try to build a system where your goal becomes your habit and the entire journey will become your learnings.
Explain the 4 parts of a habit?
According to the author, there are four stages for habit building:
- Noticing:
- Environment plays a vital role in developing any habit.
- Place the things related to the goal inside your environment for a constant reminder.
- Wanting:
- Outcomes of the things depend on the number of repetitions performed to achieve it.
- To acquire a habit, perform a task regularly such that it will become part of life one day.
- Doing:
- Put fewer steps between yourself and the habit to acquire.
- Liking:
- The reward is delayed for a good habit that's why difficult to keep liking or enjoying the task.
- Find out the way to enjoy the process at that moment.
Write about the book's perspective on how to make a good habit easier?
Make behaviour effortless:
- Keep the object in your surroundings for a constant reminder.
- Attach some initial flavour to it to make it more attractive.
- Reduce the steps between the habit and you
- Make it satisfying by adding some reward after the completion of the routine regularly.
Write about the book's perspective on making a bad habit more difficult?
Leaving the bad habit is the opposite of what the author suggests for building the good one:
- Make things invisible from the surroundings
- Make it fugly or difficult to start
- Put more steps between the habit and you. So, it'll be hard to get
- Make it unsatisfying, attach a reprimand/punishment if performed any chance