What is atomic habits about?

Self-help or personality development field of books is always in demand. Authors all over the world are printing books on the subject like never before. Amid this noise on self-help, if there is any book that gets ranked in the top 10 books, no matter what survey it is – it is ‘Atomic Habits by James Clear’. The reason why this book got so much love and appreciation is that it has effectively touched on the basic issues with our habit forming and has provided the ways to deal with those issues simplest way possible.

How ‘Atomic Habits by James Clear’ makes habit forming easy?

If you have repeatedly failed to form the habit of going to the gym, here is what James Clear suggests you do. For the initial 30 days, do not focus on how much training you do. Just focus on getting into the gym only. Let that be for 5 minutes a day, a few pushups, or anything like that. Do not stop doing something because there is no measured progress. Initially, your aim should not be to lose weight, but it should be to become the person who is habitual in going to the gym.

Habit Forming Method From Atomic Habits by James Clear

There are many researches around, few claiming 21 days, few 66, and few even jump to 90 days, as the period required for a habit to be formed in such a way that it becomes easier to stick to that than leaving it. That way, following the principles of Atomic Habits book by James Clear, one gets into the repetitive hook of performing a habit.

What are atomic habits?

Atomic Habits are those tiny habits that seem insignificant, but over some time, these amalgamate to be game-changers. Tiny habits like making your bed after waking up, or clearing the desk of unnecessary material at the end of the day turn into the loop of ever-productive life habits.

How Many Chapters in Atomic Habits by James Clear?

The Atomic Habits by James Clear consists of following six chapter:-

• Chapter I – The Fundamentals
• Chapter II – The 1^st Law (Make It Obvious)
• Chapter III – The 2^nd Las (Make It Attractive)
• Chapter IV – The 3^rd Law (Make It Easy)
• Chaper V – The 4^th Law (Make It Satisfying)
• Chapter VI – Advanced Tactics

Key To Habit Forming – Shifting Focus From Product To The Process

Author James Clear reveals in Atomic Habits that to formulate any habit, it is very important that we are deeply engaged in the process of habit forming. We must not delay our happiness until the end product, but rather we should cherish the path which we have taken. Repeating the example of maintaining fitness, we must not be only focused on the number of pounds we have lost in weight. But rather we need to encourage ourselves for the progress which has been achieved in that path i.e habit of going to the gym.

Atomic Habit Easy Rule For Habit Forming – Make It Effortless

How difficult would it be for you to enter your room in the dark and switch on the lights? Probably not much. Because of familiarity with the room, and having practiced it enough times. The same is required to be done with our habits. Doing the things that you intend to do so much of times that it becomes effortless for you to perform that action. Repetitive action itself is called a habit.

Atomic Habits Productivity Hack – Every Habit Should Have a Home

In the era where social media platforms are at war against each other to get their users glued to the screens more often than their competitors, our smartphones have become monstrous thieves of our time. We pick up the phone pretending to check email or return some important message, but end up spending another 30-40 minutes surfing social media, shrugging our heads at the end of the session about our wasted time. We can stop this from happening if we give every work a separate home. Like for example, our tablet can only be for checking mail, our laptop to be only for writing, and our phone be only for social media engagements. That way, we do not get caught up doing the thing that we never intended to do.

Atomic Habits Formula For Habit Tracking

James Clear rightly believes that tracking is the fundamental method to remain on the path of progress. That each mark and cross on your calendar makes you accountable. A pattern starts to develop and a guilt starts emerging if you do not follow the habit you promised to. Having written the plan in advance and measuring the progress as the days go by, increases the chances of sticking to good habit manifolds.

Fundamental Atomic Habits Rule – Missing Once Is Accident, Missing Twice Is A New Habit

One of the basic principles of sticking to the habit you just have started is not to use the excuse of missing it once to change the plan altogether. That is a form of disguise. It’s okay to have skipped something once or twice. Even Olympians have been seen to have skipped a session or two to regain the strength to go. Once you are fully committed, missing once is a mild, coverable accident. However, deep inside, if you have made up your mind not to continue with the habit, you would use ‘missing once’ as an excuse that you are not capable of doing so you better not try.

CONCLUSION

A personality is nothing more than the sum of all the habits. A habit is the building block of who we are. If there is anything that needs most of our focus in our lives is our daily habits. This brilliant book by James Clear has not only helped us understand how habits work but has also given practical tips to amend those. What’s your opinion on the book, feel free to share your opinion in the comments section down below. You can claim your copy of the book by clicking here ATOMIC HABITS BY JAMES CLEAR. That’s all for today, till the next review, stay hard, stay strong, stay focused, with focus24.