Atomic Habits- James Clear

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I'm not a big fan of self-help books (I'm rather bad at following advice and I tend to forget the previous chapter) but Atomic Habits managed to change my opinion. 
Written by James Clear, an American journalist and author who proudly calls himself an advocator of useful ideas, the book is an essential framework towards building better habits through simple yet effective strategies. Through the book, the author tries to reveal how making small changes however minuscule in nature, can lead to greater outcomes. The best part of the book is that Clear uses stories of successful CEOs, athletes, musicians, artists, etc in order to prescribe an evidentiary value to his theory of building better habits. An interplay of psychology and neuroscience opens your eyes to the working of your own lifestyle and what changes you must make in order to live a more fulfilling and desirable life. Clear has the astounding ability to make the process of habit formation seem simple and easy to achieve (which most of us will agree, it is not). 
With unique strategies like the 4 laws of habit formation, Habit Stacking, or the two-minute rule, the idea is to simply try and be one percent better every day. Clear not only provides astonishing strategies but also provides insightful graphs and charts that may serve as examples to redefine the way one approaches the 'scientific' process of habit formation. 
I highly recommend the book to readers who struggle with forming better habits or for that matter, breaking bad ones. Clear has managed to successfully change my opinion and approach towards formulating habits (look at me being a regular blogger) and how one needs to focus on being a certain type of person and not focus on what the outcome will be. "Much of the battle of building better habits comes down to finding ways to reduce the friction associated with our good habits and increase the friction associated with our bad ones." In the end, Clear tells you what you already know. Instead, he does it with a lot more examples, humor, graphs, and resources in order to help the reader achieve the goal of becoming better and transforming their habits.  





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