Summary Of Atomic Habits By James Clear

Imagine this, you’re a young person in high school aspiring to become a professional baseball player, and one day, an accident happens, which leaves all hope of becoming a baseball player gone. This is the story of James Clear, the author of the book Atomic Habits. Although he was on the bottom of the roster, James Clear made it onto the baseball team for his freshman year of college, and it was there that he started implementing small habits that helped him towards his goals. Six years after the accident, James Clear was selected for the ESPN Academic All-America Team. How did he do this? He said that the quality of his habits dictated the quality of his life. By starting small, good habits, James Clear achieved his true potential.

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And by doing so, it leads us to burnout. The best way to fix this is to implement the “two-minute rule.” Which — like the name suggests — means that when starting a new habit, it should take no longer than two minutes. By doing this, it makes starting habits easy and creates a habit that will lead you down a more productive path. A habit should be established before you improve it, and if you don’t have the skill of showing up for your habits, then you have a thin chance of mastering your new habit. This strategy can also help us reinforce our new identity. Let's say that you show up at the gym every day for just 2 minutes, could be an improvement. You might not be getting in shape that way, but you’ll become the type of person who won’t skip out on workouts. You're performing a small action that confirms the type of person you want to be. We rarely think about making small changes like this, because usually we’re too focused on the end goal. But even if doing pushups for two minutes is better than nothing, practicing an instrument for two minutes is better than nothing. Whenever we struggle to maintain a habit, we can always implement the two-minute rule to make our habits