Friday, September 4, 2020

Atomic habits by James Clear. Quotes VII

 -Habits+Deliberate practice = Mastery.

-Career Best Effort Program implemented by Pat Riley in the Lakers in the 80's. Stats divided by minutes played give you the coefficient of performance. 

-The way to be successful is to learn how to do things right, then to do them the same way every time. 

-Power of reflection and review. 

-Improvement is not just about learning habits, it is also about fine-tuning them. 

-You don't want to keep practicing a habit if it becomes ineffective. 

-Around September of each year I conduct an Integrity report to revisit my core values and reflect on my identity and how I can work toward being the type of person I wish to become. 

-Worrying too much about every daily choice is like looking at yourself in the mirror from an inch away. 

-Periodic reflection and review is like viewing yourself in the mirror from a conversational distance. You can see the important changes you should make without losing sight of the bigger picture. 

-Keep your identity small. The more you let a single belief define you, the less capable you are of adapting when life challenges you. 

-Everything is impermanent. 

-The holy grail of habit change is not a single one percent improvement, but a thousand of them. 

-Gradually, as you continue to layer small changes on top of one another, the scales of life start to move. Each improvement is like adding a grain of sand to the positive side of the scale. 

-Success is not a goal, it is a system to improve, an endless process to refine.

-The secret to getting results that last it to never stop making improvements. 

-Happiness is the absence of desire. 

-Peace occurs when you don't turn your observations into problems. 

-Being curious is better than being smart. 

-Emotions drive behavior. 

-Reward is on the other side of sacrifice. 

-Being poor is not having too little. It is wanting more. 

-If your wants outpace your likes, you'll always be unsatisfied. Your are perpetually putting more weight on the problem than the solution. 

Atomic habits by James Clear. Quotes VI

 -People are borne with different abilities.

-Genes do not determine your destiny. They determine your areas of opportunity. 

-How do I figure out where the odds are in my favor? How do I identify the opportunities and habits that are right for me? The first place we will look for an answer is by understanding your personality. 

-When you can't win by being better, you can win by being different. 

-What do the really successful people do that most don't? The ones who can handle the boredom of training every day. 

-It all comes down to passion.

-The greatest threat to success is not failure, but boredom.

-You have to fall in love with boredom

-Stepping up when it's annoying or painful or draining to do so, that's what makes the difference between a professional and an amateur. 

-When a habit is truly important to you, you have to be willing to stick to it in any mood.