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Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

James Clear (Author, Narrator), Penguin Audio (Publisher)
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Transform your life with tiny changes in behaviour, starting now.

People think that when you want to change your life, you need to think big. But world-renowned habits expert James Clear has discovered another way. He knows that real change comes from the compound effect of hundreds of small decisions: doing two push-ups a day, waking up five minutes early, or holding a single short phone call.

He calls them atomic habits.

In this ground-breaking book, Clears reveals exactly how these minuscule changes can grow into such life-altering outcomes. He uncovers a handful of simple life hacks (the forgotten art of Habit Stacking, the unexpected power of the Two Minute Rule, or the trick to entering the Goldilocks Zone), and delves into cutting-edge psychology and neuroscience to explain why they matter. Along the way, he tells inspiring stories of Olympic gold medalists, leading CEOs, and distinguished scientists who have used the science of tiny habits to stay productive, motivated, and happy.

These small changes will have a revolutionary effect on your career, your relationships, and your life.
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A NEW YORK TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

'A supremely practical and useful book.' Mark Manson, author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck

'James Clear has spent years honing the art and studying the science of habits. This engaging, hands-on book is the guide you need to break bad routines and make good ones.' Adam Grant, author of Originals

'Atomic Habits is a step-by-step manual for changing routines.' Books of the Month, Financial Times

'A special book that will change how you approach your day and live your life.' Ryan Holiday, author of The Obstacle is the Way
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    5 hours and 35 minutes
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    James Clear
  3. Narrator
    James Clear
  4. Audible release date
    18 October 2018
  5. Language
    English
  6. Publisher
    Penguin Audio
  7. ASIN
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Listening Length 5 hours and 35 minutes
Author James Clear
Narrator James Clear
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Audible.com.au Release Date 18 October 2018
Publisher Penguin Audio
Program Type Audiobook
Version Unabridged
Language English
ASIN B07J1LQDWD
Best Sellers Rank 2 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals)
1 in Cognitive Psychology (Books)
1 in Personal Success
1 in Self-Help for Success

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Customers find the book helpful, inspirational, and practical to apply to daily life. They also say the ideas are forgiving and generous, and the book breaks down habits clearly. Readers also say it contains actual tools and strategies that they can implement straight away.

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El Nacho
5.0 out of 5 stars This book is a must read!
Reviewed in Australia on 1 March 2024
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If you are in the journey to improve yourself and change things in your life, this is a must!
it gives you the awareness to see your present, the way to think about it, the tools to make the changes you like for your life and for those changes you make to be part of who you are, making the changes last and not be a new years resolution that you do for one month and you go back to the same wishing but not implementing.
Really good and easy read and to understand!
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This booked has helped me identify where I am, areas for improvement, and how to build sustainable habits to become who I aspire to be. The book is so practical and has loads of lessons to build good and sustainable habits. I love it.
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George M.E. Taylor
4.0 out of 5 stars Atomic Habits: Atomic Life.
Reviewed in Australia on 29 May 2024
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A very thorough book on how to change your habits and create more without more effort and with more success.

I have been sitting on this book for a while, putting tips and tricks into practice and working on layering habits to create easier pathways in your everyday life.

Admittedly, I was so worried that this book would be a mouthful and dry and boring, but I ended up pleasently surprised when the narrative was easy to soak up. The how-to also included plenty of examples and exercises to help with understanding and implimenting the information into reality.

Fantastic read. I really enjoyed the info dump.
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Phil
5.0 out of 5 stars Get 1% Better Everyday
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Atomic Habits review

“Get 1% better every day”.

I am slightly biased in writing this review because prior to reading the book I already possessed a near religious belief in habits and how they impact our lives. Having read previous habit books like Charles Duhigg Power of Habits and Marshall Goldsmith “triggers”, I felt I was at least relatively intermediate on my knowledge of the topic.

Why did I read the book then? Because learning (or reinforcing learning) about habits is one of the most powerful ways for you to improve in the game of life. Your habits shape your destiny is one of my core beliefs so I am always happy to try to get a new “edge” or ways to improve them. I also
expected to find new gems that would help reinforce the message of why habits are so powerful and I was not disappointed.

But enough of my own habits and life, the question is whether you should read this book? The resounding answer is YES.
Honestly, who doesn’t want to get better at something? Or who doesn't want to stop doing something?

James Clear is a fantastic writer who I have followed his informative articles on a variety of topics for nearly a year. A lot of what is in the book is material he has written about on his website as other reviewers have stated but he puts it together in a very neat format for the book so even his regular readers should get something out of this. I actually took so many notes/highlights from the Kindle edition that I almost reached the publisher limit of 10% - a sign that I believe highly in what I am reading and want to reflect upon it for years to come.

The opening pages of the book lay down a quote I will now repeat forever “if you can get 1% better each day for one year, you’ll end up thirty- seven times better by the time you’re done. Conversely, if you get 1% worse each day for one year, you’ll decline nearly down to zero.” The beginning lays out why habits are so powerful and how habits shape who we are as people before getting into the HOW of starting to build better habits.

The core of the book is based on the author’s “4 Laws” of habit change - Make it obvious, Make it Attractive, Make it Easy, Make it Satisfying”. By following the laws of habit creation we improve our chances of success in creating new habits.

Without droning on too long, I must highly recommend this book. Even if you have no idea about what a habit is or if you are already advanced in the practising of habit change then this book will still teach you so much. If not just a refresher on the topic to keep you motivated. Seriously, anyone of any age could benefit from this book. It gives you the tools to start thinking more clearly about your life and improving it. I would recommend it to anyone over the other habit books I have read (see above) as it is relatively short and provides the “how to” parts on a silver platter.

I will end my post on a few excellent quotes of the book towards the end (Ch.19 ”How to Stay Motivated” as this is the golden question for once you finish the book. A coach was asked by Clear what is the difference between the best athletes and everyone else? The coach said: ‘the factors you might expect: genetics, luck, talent. But then he said something I wasn’t expecting: “At some point it comes down to who can handle the boredom of training every day, doing the same lifts over and over and over.”

“Mastery requires practice. But the more you practice something, the more boring and routine it becomes. Once the beginner gains have been made and we learn what to expect, our interest starts to fade.

It is a fantastic book but the key thing will be can you then translate that into action? The book gives you the best leg up you can get - it’s then up to you to turn knowledge into action and go and get 1% better every darn day.
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Leana
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
Reviewed in Australia on 31 March 2024
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Great book ! Easy to read ! Good habits and ways to implement. I recommend 100%
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Carolina Tineo
5.0 out of 5 stars The knowledge
Reviewed in Australia on 4 July 2024
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Good book to Lear how you can get good habits in your life
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Jonathan Dang
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book to methodologically teach you how to make good habits and get rid of the old ones
Reviewed in Australia on 12 June 2024
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Motivation is overrated and the reason why your new habit failed is because the learning system is wrong and inefective
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Hax
4.0 out of 5 stars A must read!
Reviewed in Australia on 7 July 2024
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It is an insightful and practical guide to understanding and implementing small, incremental changes to achieve significant personal growth.
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Ariel W
5.0 out of 5 stars Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones 📚💪
Reviewed in Canada on 11 July 2024
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"Atomic Habits" by James Clear is a comprehensive guide to habit formation and change. It's a practical and actionable book that provides a framework for understanding how habits work and how to use that knowledge to build positive habits and break negative ones.

Key Principles and Concepts:

The 4 Laws of Behavior Change: Clear outlines four simple yet powerful laws that govern habit formation:

Make it Obvious: Make the cues that trigger your desired habits highly visible and easy to access.

Make it Attractive: Associate your desired habits with positive emotions and rewards.

Make it Easy: Reduce friction and make your desired habits as easy to perform as possible.

Make it Satisfying: Ensure that your desired habits are immediately rewarding and reinforce positive feelings.

The Power of Small Changes: Clear emphasizes the importance of making small, incremental changes to your habits over time. He argues that even tiny improvements can have a significant impact on your long-term success.

The Importance of Identity: Clear highlights the role of identity in habit formation. He suggests that focusing on who you want to become can help you develop habits that align with your desired identity.

The Habit Loop: Clear explains the habit loop, which consists of a cue, a craving, a response, and a reward. He shows how understanding this loop can help you identify and modify your habits.

Practical Applications:

Habit Stacking: Clear suggests using habit stacking to build new habits by linking them to existing habits. For example, you could link brushing your teeth to reading a book.

Implementation Intentions: Clear advocates for using implementation intentions to increase the likelihood of performing your desired habits. An implementation intention is a plan that specifies when, where, and how you will perform a habit.

Habit Tracking: Clear encourages habit tracking to monitor your progress and identify areas for improvement. He suggests using a simple habit tracker to track your daily habits.

Overall:

"Atomic Habits" is an insightful and practical guide to habit formation and change. It's a valuable resource for anyone looking to improve their life by developing positive habits and breaking negative ones. Clear's clear and concise writing style makes the book easy to understand and apply.
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Fernando Silva
5.0 out of 5 stars Excelente libro
Reviewed in Mexico on 27 May 2024
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Muy recomendado
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ANA ROMERO
5.0 out of 5 stars Bom livro
Reviewed in Brazil on 6 March 2024
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Chegou bem rápido, ainda estou leiendo.
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Cennet U.
5.0 out of 5 stars Book was satisfied but this is not the original copy!
Reviewed in Turkey on 15 July 2024
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For supplier: I ordered as original product purchase, but I got received fake product. It is poor quality product and also fraudulent!
For Book: Excellent book, I recommend it, it is really useful for everyone.
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Mr Richard A Fenton
5.0 out of 5 stars Good for teenagers
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 July 2024
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This is a fantastic book for mature children, but not for me, I'm 50 and heard all this before. It's an excellent description of how people get into ruts and how to get out of them, and is a good warning for children entering adult life.

It encourages an element of self-awareness presented in an easy to read format. There are some, good quotes and one liners which I'll remember.

Out of context with the rest of the book, on the back cover "pdychology" is a typo of "psychology", which is an enormously ironic error in a book about the importance of 'system over goal'! The message is right, even if the spelling isn't - what was the process for proof reading? The author should read his own book cover, but don't judge the rest of the book by it.

He also admits nearly finishing the book too late for his publisher, which makes me wonder just how much of his advice he believes or can follow. None of us are perfect! In that respect it's quite a human book with no sense of haughty sermonising.

He focuses more on the how part rather than motivation and identity. For more on identity, which he sees as a key driver long term, read books of wise quotes, or google 'wise quotes' and ask which you like or dislike. It helped me think very broadly about a wide range of choices that define who I am. It's a bit like a practical how-to book sprinkled with a few sweetenings of philosophy, but not enough to be sickly.

I'd summarise the book as "be disciplined, ask hard questions of yourself and never shirk from trying new things or procrastinating". But that's why I didn't make millions selling a book, because my 1-liner doesn't fill 300 pages and can't be sold for £10. "Go through pain to get to rewards" is what I do every day. That's kind of his message, but he gives lots of ideas for how to do it. A good book.
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