Atomic Habits: the life-changing million-copy #1 bestseller

By James Clear

Book Overview

The #1 New York Times bestseller. Over 25 million copies sold Translated into 60+ languages Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1847941834
• ISBN13: 9781847941831
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Random House Business
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.0" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Great book

Really helps to set up habits and work them into your life rather than trying to redesign your life around nee habits, which never works.

Habits explained

This is probably as good as it gets for implementing habit change. The author very clearly connects the 4 laws of behavior change with how to implement. He does not give as many anecdotal stories to prove his point as did Charles Duhigg in his The Power of Habit, but that's okay. This one goes way deeper into the strategies for change. Clear is very clear (ha, ha) on why you sometimes have to pay attention to your DNA, as in "...genes do not determine your destiny. They determine your areas of opportunity" (219). His anecdotal evidence for this was two very different Olympians, one with long arms but short legs and the other with short arms but long legs. One became an Olympic-winning runner, and one (with the long arms) became a gold medal swimmer. Neither defied their genetics, which would have just led to great disappointment; they used what they were given at birth to create the opportunity for success. His chapter summaries are a nice addition. I will think about this book for a while and may actually do something to create a new habit or destroy an old one! I'm still thinking, however. When I'm finished, I can move on to implementation! After all, I now have the tools in this book, which is a definite keeper!

Great tips for lasting change

Plenty of takeaways to implement or modify to improve habits

Top favorite

This is my top favorite book. I buy more every year as I continue to hand them out. It’s a requirement for all my kids to read. I read / listen to it every year. I buy products and courses based on it but other people. It’s the best self help book ever. When paired with any other book you are interested in it’s a powerhouse. It applies to everything from raising kids, managing a home, marriage, job, friendships, health and more.

This is a MUST before you read any book…no matter the topic!

You can read about finances, romance, horses, whatever, but before you do, you must read this book as it sets forth the habits that will help you accomplish reading those books. Everything in the book is practical, applicable, and so good you will review the book often. It is truly a masterpiece in setting you to reach your potential and improve whatever you want to improve about your life

The book was great. The condition of the book was horrible.

No dust cover. Marked up all over the inside and outside of book.

Solid ideas and well expanded tactics for habits

I really enjoyed this book. I have been personally trying to create habits and go to the gym more often and thankfully that is one example used frequently throughout the book. Clear outlines his four aspects of habit creation and their inverses and then proceeds to use examples of famous and well known athletes, award winners, and famous sports teams to highlight the topic of every chapter. Clear also does a very good job providing resources and approachable tactics for people to build habits and figure out how stick with them. The numerous resources provided at the end for additional reading and cited throughout the book is even more useful as it shows Clear has done his homework and is truly providing a well researched and thought out argument for building and keeping habits.

Listened to the audio cd.

Great listen-to book while driving; I think better than reading it. Learned a lot and will listen to it again.

Kick start growth

Change my views. Already starting to practice better habits. My consistency was lacking and this book has taught me to start small. I jump in full force and burn myself out with everything. Really recommend it. Good small step in the right direction.