Atomic Habits by James Clear

Book specifications

Language: English
Format: Audible
Length: 5 hours
Price: 1 credit via Audible membership
Genre: non-fiction, self-help
How I got to know of this: Don't remember, was in my list since long

Why I picked this book?

This was in my list since long and now when I want to learn some new good habits and break some old bad ones, I wanted to try this for some advice.

Feelings during the reading

I didn't like the opening of the book, all that description of the accident and the tragedy of the writer. I generally do not like it when a book starts with this tragically hurt person and the book goes with his transformation to real hero fo life. I better like it when, the writer starts with his technique and science behind and near the end of book tells how it helped him.

After the tragic part is done and the real content began, I found it practical, brief, and to the point explanation of the psychology behind the habit building or breaking.

Feelings after the reading

I found the advice and the techniques given in the book practical and effective. I could relate to it easily. The idea of cue and reward for new or old habits is something I will remember for long. However, how to make rewards more effective is something unclear still for me. May be I need to go through those chapter once again. Overall, I feel this is coming to be very effective book for me. The last book which felt this effective was ' What to say when you talk to yourself '. Overall, time well spent!

Quotes I will carry from the book

There were many, some of the ideas from this book that I will remember are,

• Habits do not the take freedom but give it to invest your creative power into other things instead of deciding what to wear, when to jog, etc.
• Boredom is good, it is only after you have developed a muscle for your habit that you start excelling it.
• The whole idea of cues for the habits was practical and something I find easy to practice and remember and effective.