If You Decide To Read One Non-Fiction This Year, Let It Be This One

Ten Powerful Sentences from my Current Read

The book I wish I had found earlier.

The book that ticks off so many boxes - productivity, self-help, mindset shift, improving life, etc, etc. Most importantly - without boring you.

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The book I am talking about is Atomic Habits by James Clear. I won't brag more about my appreciation for this book. Allow me to share ten powerful sentences I found in it. (It has more of these. You can consider it as part 1 of the series. :))

Diving in…

1.) "Over the long run, the real reason you fail to stick with habits is that your self-image gets in the way. This is why you can’t get too attached to one version of your identity. Progress requires unlearning. Becoming the best version of yourself requires you to continuously edit your beliefs, and to upgrade and expand your identity."

"It’s hard to change your habits if you never change the underlying beliefs that led to your past behavior. You have a new goal and a new plan, but you haven’t changed who you are."

2.) "The first mistake is never the one that ruins you. It is the spiral of repeated mistakes that follows. Missing once is an accident. Missing twice is the start of a new habit."

3.) "The implicit assumption behind any goal is this: “Once I reach my goal, then I’ll be happy.” The problem with a goals-first mentality is that you’re continually putting happiness off until the next milestone."

4.) "In order to improve for good, you need to solve problems at the systems level. Fix the inputs and the outputs will fix themselves."

5.) "Your outcomes are a lagging measure of your habits. Your net worth is a lagging measure of your financial habits. Your weight is a lagging measure of your eating habits. Your knowledge is a lagging measure of your learning habits. Your clutter is a lagging measure of your cleaning habits. You get what you repeat."

6.) "Making a choice that is 1 percent better or 1 percent worse seems insignificant in the moment, but over the span of moments that make up a lifetime these choices determine the difference between who you are and who you could be. Success is the product of daily habits—not once-in-a-lifetime transformations."

7.) "Your actions reveal how badly you want something. If you keep saying something is a priority but you never act on it, then you don’t really want it. It’s time to have an honest conversation with yourself. Your actions reveal your true motivations."

8.) "The purpose of setting goals is to win the game. The purpose of building systems is to continue playing the game. True long-term thinking is goal-less thinking. It’s not about any single accomplishment. It is about the cycle of endless refinement and continuous improvement. Ultimately, it is your commitment to the process that will determine your progress."

9.) "You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems."

10.) "It is not necessary to change a person in order to change their behavior. Just change their environment"

I haven’t wrapped up this book yet, but consider it my highly recommended non-fiction to whoever is reading this newsletter. :)

Have you read this book? If yes, what’s the best part of this book for you? Let me know in the comments. :)

That’s it for this one. Happy Reading!

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