Book · 2019 · Self-Help
Atomic Habits
An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones
#8 of 15,596 books, ranked by how many different people bring it up on podcasts
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James Clear's research shows that you don't rise to the level of your goals, you fall to the level of your systems.
Jay Shetty · On Purpose with Jay Shetty · Jan 2026 Listen at 7:16 What they say about it
- Focuses on systems over goals“fall to the level of your systems”4


- Rereads the book“read it once a year”3
- Praises as seminal work“best habit book of all time”3

- Highlights the identity shift“identity call out who do you want to be”3
- Buys copies as gifts“pressed it into people's hands”2
The best things said about it
Another book I would recommend is James Clear's Atomic Habits. He's a master of that subject matter.
Rich Roll The Rich Roll Podcast · Jun 2026 I have bought Atomic Habits and pressed it into people's hands more times than I can count.
James Clear who wrote Atomic Habits which I just want to go on record as saying it's a pretty gush darn good book.
Angela Duckworth No Stupid Questions · Mar 2024 Going back to this book Atomic Habits with James Clear is just bomb after bomb after bomb in this thing.
But James clears atomic habits is one that books the trend you know that book absolutely will be 10 years 20 years time I think because it's just so so seminal it'll be as applicable in in a hundred years as it is today.
Chris Williamson Modern Wisdom · Mar 2020 In atomic habits I I've tried to lay everything out that I can like I wanted it I don't know whether I reached or not but my objective when I was writing was I want to write the single best book that's ever been written about habits.
James Clear The Mel Robbins Podcast · Jan 2026 Where and when it comes up
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How it comes up
52 people who brought it up
Chris Williamson65 mentions · 22 recs- Brad Barrett22 mentions · 6 recs
- Mel Robbins10 mentions · 5 recs
- Jordan Harbinger9 mentions · 3 recs
Rich Roll6 mentions · 3 recs
Ryan Holiday6 mentions · 3 recs- Dr John Delony5 mentions · 2 recs
Dave Ramsey4 mentions · 2 recs- Dr. Darshan Shah2 mentions · 2 recs
- Jonathan Mendonsa5 mentions · 1 rec
- Steven Bartlett5 mentions · 1 rec
Tim Ferriss5 mentions · 1 rec
Why people recommend it
Atomic Habits by James Clear is a well-known self-improvement guide focused on habit formation, continuous improvement, and practical strategy. Dr. Sahar Yousef appeared on The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett to discuss habit formation and strategic automaticity, referencing James Clear's work. On The Dr. John Delony Show, Dr John Delony mentioned the book to favorably compare another author's work, praising its clear, approachable, and action-oriented nature. Rich Roll recommended the title on The Rich Roll Podcast as an essential resource for mastering habit changes and improving everyday responses. Mel Robbins spoke about the book across multiple episodes of The Mel Robbins Podcast, describing it as a bestselling smash hit and noting that she frequently purchases copies to gift to others while highlighting its concepts on lasting change, clarity, and freedom. On Modern Wisdom, Chris Williamson recommended the title as part of a foundational reading list for anyone looking to dive into personal development and productivity. Dave Ramsey quoted the book on The Ramsey Show to emphasize a tactical approach to outperforming competitors when direct improvement is difficult. Overall, various podcast hosts and guests frequently cited this guide as a vital tool for personal growth, daily consistency, and meaningful behavioral transformation.
Every mention
Chris Williamson and the second thing jumping at a tiny little bit into habits but my favorite out of all of Atomic Habits b… 65
“I suppose this is probably one of the advantages of a book like let's say Atomic Habits or Tiny Habits BJ Fogg”
“If you read James Clear's Atomic Habits and you take his habit process to improve your life, does that mean that all of the thoughts and frames that were developed off the back of his habit structure aren't yours?”
“And this is why I highly recommend that people become totally obsessed with personal development and productivity and David Allen's Getting Things Done and James Clear's Atomic Habits and Morgan Housel's Psychology of Money and The Subtle Art of Not Giving a … for like probably between three and six years.”
“Oh, that's like a that that is nourishing to me in a way that reading atomic habits for the first time was nourishing to me or listening to Peterson Tay tell the truth was nourishing to me and stand up straight with your shoulders back and clean your room.”
“best habit book of all time, Atomic Habits.”
“This, as far as I can see, is one of the issues that came in the wake of Atomic Habits by James Clear. Phenomenal book, fantastic writer.”
“So there's a a cool story from Atomic Habits by James Clear.”
“and the second thing jumping at a tiny little bit into habits but my favorite out of all of Atomic Habits bestselling personal development book of all time the best thing that came out of that for me was never miss a habit two days in a rowing”
“Atomic Kabits by James Clear. Morgan Hustell, The Psychology of Money. I've spoken to each of these guys individually. Mark said to me, he's like, 'The worst thing that I could have done was have a book that went that big'”
“And I think that the James Clear approach of not focusing too much on goals and instead focusing on systems. You don't rise to the level of your goals, you fall to the level of your systems.”
“my favorite is actually from uh James in atomic habits”
“why can't I just do it the same way as I do with James clear's Atomic habits James clear's Atomic habits has got four steps to embedding a habit”
“read Atomic Habits by James CLE”
“in James Clay's Atomic habits I think he interviews maybe the Chinese weightlift team's head coach”
“is that in Tomic abits don't think it is not sure not one of his tweets”
“Atomic Habits by James Clear, one of the best-selling non-fiction books maybe ever, but certainly of the last five years, probably the best-selling non-fiction book over the last five years except for maybe some autobiographies.”
“sir David bford who's known for his marginal gains Theory and has written about in the first chapter of James K's book Atomic habits said to me yeah the the small gains the making the water bottle just a little bit bigger and the pillow softer mattered”
“and what he means is that the James Clear Atomic habits idea of you know just focus on daily routines and you don't need to be outcome focused you just need to be iteration focused just do one day do one day do one day”
“essentialism by Greg McEwen way of the superior man by uh David data Atomic Habits by James Clear”
“my favorite rule from Atomic Habits by James Clear is never miss two days in a row and that is exactly the same as what you're talking about here”
“yes it seems to me that ever since James clear's book Atomic habits this has been something everyone's thinking about right that your outcomes are a lagging measure of your inputs”
“when james clear brought atomic habits out whatever three years ago or four years ago i think everybody thought right this is it i'm just going to focus on the process”
“I thought this about um James clear's Atomic habits it was the bestselling non-fiction book in the world last year 20121 and it's great and he sold this book for whatever £8 on Kindle and 12 for a paperback”
“and because you do not rise to the level of your goals you fall to the level of your systems became like a epitaph right that people would just it's going to my gravestone”
“and you think when you learn that stat you're like me telling you that you need to go read atomic habits by james clear just doesn't cut the mustard”
“so james clear says each action that you take is a vote for the future type of person that you want to be”
“this is why james clear's atomic habits was so good because it wasn't just this rote memorization game of how to do habits it was illustrated with examples from team gb cycling or from the chinese weightlifting team or from a speed reader or from someone that knows 17 languages or something that it was illustrated with personal examples”
“I had james clear's atomic habits in my head while i was reading it and i thought of you don't rise to the level of your skills you fall to the level of your attributes”
“so it's a james clear atomic habits solution that you need to understand how habits are made and the process within which you can build them”
“yet i think james clear in atomic habits he interviewed someone is it the head of the chinese weightlifting team”
“james clear talks about this in atomic habits where he says if you kick a football one so you're a footballer well probably not if you do 100 kps are you a footballer”
“i didn't do my 2019 new year's resolutions so like two years ago i didn't do those until i'd finally finished atomic habits which ended up being halfway through february”
“and yet you can get atomic habits by james clear for a tenner”
“what people read specifically in the self-development or non-fiction world the reason they read partly is for the enjoyment of reading the book but more so for the outcome and the new life that they think they're going to be able to achieve with the insights from rory sutherland's alchemy or james clay's atomic habits”
“one of the things upon reading james clear's atomic abits last year um was this kind of identity-based change that i've really realized”
“like which page in atomic habits is it that i need to turn to to like find the particular habit that i'm doing to do the whatever thing”
“the explore versus exploit that james clear talks about in atomic habits when you're doing habit setting”
“james clee has been on this show author of atomic habits my favorite book from the last couple of years and he says the same thing it's just like just show up”
“There's no problem in the press with someone saying I read james clear's atomic habits though but there is a problem with someone saying I take dating advice”
“and also going back to james clears it's part of the system of getting ready for bed right like you don't usually eat after you clean your teeth”
“so there's this quote from atomic habits that James clears got I always come back to changing your habits often requires you to change your tribe”
“first thing being the best books tell you a story that you already know is a universal atomic habits by james clear one of the best books that i've read over the last few years i knew everything that was in that book but no one had synthesized it put it across with those examples and put it in a”
“There's a quote from James clears atomic habits where he spoke to a Chinese weightlifting coach and he said what separates the very very best lifters from everybody else and he says it's the lifters who can put up with boredom the most”
“and from James clears atomic habits as well he talks about taking for you it would be you took six years to become an overnight success which is by the way what a great book he wrote”
“but James clears atomic habits is one that books the trend you know that book absolutely will be 10 years 20 years time I think because it's just so so seminal it'll be as applicable in in a hundred years as it is today”
“and the thing as well is on top of that your this bringing the example I got from James clear gather atomic cupboards and he was talking about Steffi Graf”
“you know James clear atomic habits we do not rise to the level of our goals we fall to the level of our systems”
“and you know anyone who's read James clears atomic habits from this year knows that you cannot be the best in your field at everything”
“anyone who's read James Claire's book this year anyone who hasn't please go and read atomic habits because it's fantastic”
“I was like, "Being honest, James, wasn't a massive amount that was new in Atomic Habits to me, but I've never seen it all put together in the same place and displayed with such wonderful examples.”
“James Clear, Atomic Habits, probably probably the best book that I've read this year um in terms of non-fiction.”
“oh that's why I've misread it in atomic atomic habits”
“There's a quote in James clears atomic habit. It's a book which came out this year. James is a hobbit expert.”
“and James clears atomic habits the fact that segmenting off time to do to go deep as Cal calls it on one particular task”
“did a podcast recently with James clear you know the raw atomic habits and he was talking about how our genetics they do not predetermine but they do predispose”
“a lot of the listeners will have heard us talk at length about how much we loved atomic habits it's been a an absolute game changer first this year”
“I think certainly when before reading atomic habits and again like I say individually a lot of this stuff had already appeared in my consciousness through one form or another but until there is that framework it's so nebulous and kind of just cloudy and and difficult to grasp that without the step-by-step process that you're going through it's a”
“I can't sing appraises about about atomic habit so genuinely can't we have created the [ __ ] duo which is deep work by Cal Newport and that's great”
“one of the of the quotes from James clears atomic habit such as really [__] love and I never thought of before was where he says he's talking about people who are working hard and working effective haven't achieved their goals yet”
“although if you're reading a book that like atomic habits it would take you a year to finish because this every age is actionable”
“minimal is what if people have read non of this stuff they're already and for the best like common sense like receipts work atomic habits then they need to this one”
“and I've had to construct this hilarious series of instantiation initiatives as James clear from atomic habits would implementation initiatives it's James clear would call it where”
“so there is in atomic habits we James clear he talks about I want to say it's strategic choices or choice a crucial choices with a downstream implication”
“so for Cal Newport who's written deep work which was out to review just written a book called digital minimalism so I think the three arguably four three books that everybody should read are atomic habits deep work and this”
“read deep work and DN atomic habits and those if you master those two things still need to know someone needs if someone get a late Christmas present that wants to start reading some stuff for the New Year get those two books for people atomic habits by James Elliot and deep work by Cal Newport and happiness or happy”
Brad Barrett It reminds me of James Clear and sorry to keep talking about the gym but like James CLE talking about hey l… 22
“This reminds me of something that James Clear talked about in Atomic Habits in terms of basically I'm the type of person that, and it's even just going to the gym for a minute or five minutes the first time you have your shoes and your clothes all laid out.”
“So, the goal, it's fascinating because you hear people like James Clear from the author of Atomic Habits talk about systems versus goals.”
“I know James Clear talks about that significantly in Atomic Habits. It’s about making it easy. The more barriers you can cut, whether you have a home gym—no matter how simple or complex it is—it’s right there and easy.”
“It reminds me of James Clear and sorry to keep talking about the gym but like James CLE talking about hey love that book right like it's a brilliant brilliant book”
“it really goes back to what James Clear talked to us about, right, the author of Atomic Habits way back it was four and a half years ago, I think, in episode 157 where he just talks about these little things. Just do something little like put your gym shoes and your gym clothes out the night before.”
“and I've been reading Atomic Habits by James clear we're gonna be talking with them later on this year that book in a book”
“going back to this book Atomic habits with James Clear is just bomb after bomb after bomb in this thing”
“again pulling it back to this book habits Atomic habits James Clear talking about systems and saying that while goals you know may be necessary systems are the most important thing in the world”
“the funny thing actually is James Clear mentioned in his book Atomic habits that he first learned about this from Scott Adams”
“I know the conjunction of atomic Habits by James clear and this book makes Time by Jake Knapp and John zarowski I mean you basically made wholesale changes in your life”
“and systems versus goals this we've talked about from Scott Adams repeatedly from how to fail at almost everything and still win big and to see it here in atomic habits”
“we interviewed James clear a few weeks back in episode 157 and we talked about those building blocks those atomic habits these little things that can make a difference over years and decades”
“check out this book Atomic habits I think it really can have an impact and help you line up your intentions with your actions”
“I'm thinking about James clear and his book Atomic habits and how”
“I'm thinking about James Clear and his book Atomic Habits and how, okay, it might even be those first couple days just literally lacing up your shoes and walking out of the house for a couple of the nearest houses—literally walk 100 yards and come back—it sounds ridiculous when you hear it that you're like purposefully limiting it, but the”
“and in fact building on James clear's Atomic habits book there's something really powerful to that”
“and this actually gets us to a point that we heard James Clear talking about in atomic habits”
“And we heard James Clear talk about this on our podcast and in his book Atomic Habits.”
“it's similar like we had as you know James clear on the podcast talking about his book Atomic habits and and sometimes it just that very first little thing just starts this snowball like rolling downhill that's that becomes this runaway train”
“it's similar like we had as you know James clear on the podcast talking about his book Atomic habits and and sometimes it just that very first little thing just starts this snowball like rolling downhill”
“we talked with James clear the author of atomic habits about this and we even talked about setting up habits to make going to the gym or Being Fit easier”
“We talked with James clear the author of atomic habits about this”
Mel Robbins He wrote the number one New York Times best-selling smash hit Atomic Habits. And he has this concept about… 10
“He wrote the number one New York Times best-selling smash hit Atomic Habits. And he has this concept about creating lasting change.”
“And I want to bring in one more expert, James Clear. So, James Clear wrote Atomic Habits. That's a number one New York Times best-selling blockbuster of a book.”
“my good friend James Clear, who is the New York Times best-selling author of the global blockbuster Atomic Habits, talks about this as one of the top experts in the world on habit formation and behavior change.”
“I'm talking about none other than Atomic Habits.”
“I have bought Atomic Habits and pressed it into people's hands more times than I can count.”
“If you're having trouble changing your habits, the problem isn't you. The problem is your system. Bad habits repeat themselves again and again, not because you don't want to change, but because you have the wrong system for change.”
“I keep thinking about this section in Atomic Habits where James Clear talks about the importance of or the power of attaching identity to the kind of changes that you want to make.”
“And you know my good friend James Clear, he's the author of the seinal atomic habits.”
“and I'd like to start with a quote from James clear because I think this quote really sums up what a morning routine is and then we're going to jump into kind of deeper reasons why they're so important so James Clear wrote the book Atomic habits”
“his name is James Clear he wrote Atomic habits it's the book that synthesizes everybody's research on habits”
Jordan Harbinger this is one of the best-selling books on habits in a decade and we've got a great in-depth interview with h… 9
“This is like the James Clear Atomic Habits method, right? make it such a pain in the ass to get back into it that you have enough time and runway to stop yourself.”
“I think a lot of people are kind of like I bought Atomic habits and now I'm going to get out of this basement and like not be depressed anymore”
“He's not doing that, but I think a lot of people are kind of like, 'Oh, I bought Atomic Habits and now I'm going to get out of this basement and not be depressed anymore.'”
“James Clear episode 10 oh yeah by the way that is the best book of the deck I mean that book is still a number one it's crazy right”
“I think these are things that are very useful tactics that people have repackaged in a way that makes sense to whoever they're speaking; in one of the best-selling books of the decade. James Clear?”
“this is one of the best-selling books on habits in a decade and we've got a great in-depth interview with him right here right now on the Jordan Harbinger show”
“so the goal is and and I think this is from atomic habits the goal isn't to run a marathon”
“or buy this by atomic habits and implement everything”
“so if this stuff interests you go grab atomic habits we'll link to it in the show notes”
Rich Roll Another book I would recommend is James Clear's Atomic Habits. He's a master of that subject matter. 6
“Another book I would recommend is James Clear's Atomic Habits. He's a master of that subject matter.”
“This goes back to the James Clear idea of Atomic Habits.”
“and I think within that like to James clear's point in atomic habits habits are the compound interest of self-improvement”
“This is something that came up in the podcast with James Clear, like you should read his book, Atomic Habits, if you haven't read that, because it talks all about this.”
“So, I would start with the wisdom of James Clear in his book "Atomic Habits." We did a podcast together that was very popular.”
“you've spoken to an amazing um the atomic habits uh james clear clearly yeah i love the book i mean i've read a lot of books”
Ryan Holiday i recommended this book a couple times but there's a new victor frankel book um you wouldn't think there wo… 6
“uh rupy cow releases milk and honey James Clear releases Atomic habits and they're they both just these books just sell 10 million copies on their own”
“But first off, I like James; second, I think he's a great writer, and I think Atomic Habits is actually a very good book. And third, I don't know how many I'm counting now, but whatever—there's no universe in which that book selling more or less copies affects my life in any negative or positive way.”
“second I think he's a great writer and I think Atomic habits is actually a very good book”
“i'm talking about james clear in his book atomic habits atomic having a double meaning not just meaning explosive habits but also the the sort of the smallest possible size of a habit focusing on the little things that put in forth a chain reaction that that can in fact be explosive”
“i recommended this book a couple times but there's a new victor frankel book um you wouldn't think there would he they found this like lost series of lectures”
“another book recommendation 1125.1 James clears book atomic habits 1129.5 觉得自己 like what's the smallest 1132.0 uh-huh the smallest habit you can start with”
Dr John Delony that's Atomic habits right small I love that small bite-sized 5
“and it was on boundaries and I put it up there with James Clear in in with atomic habits in terms of there's a lot of stuff out there on it and you hear habits, habits, you hear boundaries, boundaries, but it's the clearest, most um, not only approachable but and not only action-based, but the meta theme I walked”
“James Clear talks about that in Atomic Habits. You just get in get in get information, but you never actually, you know, put it into action.”
“And what happens is like James Clear talks about when you want to if you want to get in shape spend a week or two just drive to the gym and sit in the parking lot for a minute or two and then drive home.”
“so that's where I think the M the the master stroke of atomic habits is the identity call out who do you want to be”
“that's Atomic habits right small I love that small bite-sized”
Dave Ramsey James Clear from Atomic Habits says, "When you can't win by being better, you can win by being different." 4
“James Clear from Atomic Habits says, "When you can't win by being better, you can win by being different."”
“I think of atomic habits that James Clear wrote and he he talks a lot in there about forming habits. And the way you change a habit is not a forced discipline gritting your teeth and white knuckling it.”
“James Cle is going to be speaking at the entree Leadership Summit this year the famous Atomic habits book and I've known James a long time before he was this massive author that book has done so well I'm so proud of him”
“and as our friend James Clear says in atomic habits you start saying I am not a person who borrows money”
Dr. Darshan Shah He wrote Atomic Habits. A 1% change every day adds up to a 3,700% change year over year. 2
“He wrote Atomic Habits. A 1% change every day adds up to a 3,700% change year over year.”
“Atomic Habits is a great book that I read.”
Jonathan Mendonsa I've been reading this book by James Clear Atomic habits and I am forcing myself to adopt certain habits 5
“I've been reading this book by James Clear Atomic habits and I am forcing myself to adopt certain habits”
“Atomic habits talking about taking intention out and turning into action how do you do all that if you don't feel like you have any time”
“Brad you know this content is actually building I'm sure you could reference it but we did this episode with uh James Clear author of atomic habits who's really you know talking about some of these Concepts”
“So I've tried to internalize this whole concept of of systems versus goals which I know James Clear talks about in atomic habits and setting up systems that work for my life and for me”
“And we heard James Clear talk about this on our podcast and in his book, Atomic Habits.”
Steven Bartlett I mean, if you don't have Atomic Habits, then I don't know what you've been doing with your life. But, um,… 5
“I was thinking of seeing who was Sir David Brzford who's the guy quoted in the first chapter of Atomic Habits turning the British cycling team around marginal gains.”
“And there's some tools that we can go through. But one of the big takeaways from atomic habits is it's easier to build a new habit if you stack it on top of the habit you're already doing.”
“And that's one such example of I'd say 25 million because I know the Atomic Habits has sold 25 million, but you've reached many many many millions of people through your newsletter as well, 321.”
“I mean, if you don't have Atomic Habits, then I don't know what you've been doing with your life. But, um, now that the Atomic you now have a much more um, self-awareness inducing, practical, hands-on framework”
“Yeah, I don't think you'll ever realize, you know, you see 25 million people have bought the book, but it's much bigger than that.”
Tim Ferriss you could look at atomic habits you could also look at the four hour chef 5
“How can you look at the work of say, BJ Fogg and perhaps James Clear, Atomic Habits, so that you can build these things into automatic behaviors like brushing your teeth?”
“He is the author of the number one New York Times mega bestseller, I'm adding the mega, Atomic Habits, which covers easy and proven ways to build good habits and break bad ones.”
“I wanted to maybe reference, I shouldn't say the, but one of the key points in the first chapter of Atomic Habits, which is you don't rise to the level of your goals, you fall to the level of your systems...”
“So James Clear wrote a book called Atomic Habits... sold 10 million plus copies.”
“you could look at atomic habits you could also look at the four hour chef”
Brooke Wells um let's see atomic habits i'm currently reading slight edge 2
“um let's see atomic habits i'm currently reading slight edge”
“Let's see, "Atomic Habits." I'm currently reading "The Slight Edge." I haven't heard of that.”
Jay Shetty You can't get fit without consistent sleep and nutrition. James Clear's research shows that you don't rise… 2
“The psychologist James Clear, building on decades of behavioral science, articulated something in Atomic Habits that has now been validated across hundreds of studies.”
“You can't get fit without consistent sleep and nutrition. James Clear's research shows that you don't rise to the level of your goals, you fall to the level of your systems.”
Ryan Bush there's a lot of talk about habit change out there i mean james clear you know his all of his work and his… 2
“there's a lot of talk about habit change out there i mean james clear you know his all of his work and his book atomic habits very much examines the uh that side of it”
“I mean james clear you know his all of his work and his book atomic habits uh very much examines the uh that side of it”
Sam Parr The best quote of this I think comes from James Clear or whoever he got it from in his book Atomic Habits w… 2
“The best quote of this I think comes from James Clear or whoever he got it from in his book Atomic Habits which is you know we don't rise to the level of our goals we fall to the level of our systems you see this everywhere everywhere I see it in my business”
“So, it's like um maybe it's in Atomic Habits or something. It's got popular for that reason.”
Adam Coelho The things that, you know, I know you guys had James Clear on the podcast. His book Atomic Habits is fantas… 1
“The things that, you know, I know you guys had James Clear on the podcast. His book Atomic Habits is fantastic. And here is a couple of tips. Start small and build from there. You know, meditation or mindfulness are not one of those things that you need to go big on to get benefit. You can literally start with”
Angela Duckworth also James Clear who wrote Atomic habits which I just want to go on record as saying it's a pretty gush dar… 1
“also James Clear who wrote Atomic habits which I just want to go on record as saying it's a pretty gush darn good book”
Bill Powell because I'm I'm a big fan of James cla's book Atomic habits right I try to read it once a year to really re… 1
“because I'm I'm a big fan of James cla's book Atomic habits right I try to read it once a year to really refresh myself and in okay what habits am I trying to build”
Dr. Sahar Yousef James Clear's atomic habits phenomenal book obviously on on habit formation um touches on these kinds of co… 1
“James Clear's atomic habits phenomenal book obviously on on habit formation um touches on these kinds of concepts.”
Jade Bowler so i wrote a whole chapter about habit formation and drawing on a lot of incredible books like atomic habits 1
“so i wrote a whole chapter about habit formation and drawing on a lot of incredible books like atomic habits”
Jim Mullane I think the first book that I always recommend people as atomic habits by James clear for a lot of reasons 1
“I think the first book that I always recommend people as atomic habits by James clear for a lot of reasons”
Katy Milkman atomic habits by James Clear. These are great books that I think have done a nice job popularizing this ide… 1
“atomic habits by James Clear. These are great books that I think have done a nice job popularizing this idea of a habit loop.”
Laura Vanderkam my favorite rule from Atomic Habits by James Clear is never miss two days in a row 1
“my favorite rule from Atomic Habits by James Clear is never miss two days in a row”
Nick Pollard and um you know Atomic abic you know obviously James clear and Tim Ferris and all those guys 1
“and um you know Atomic abic you know obviously James clear and Tim Ferris and all those guys”
Shaan Puri he's like really a bestselling book is something that has these attributes and I went and studied all the b… 8
“I remember I felt uh defensive of you when Atomic Habits came out because you were my guy and I'm friends with James.”
“Then there's the James Clear, you know, Atomic Habits, David Goggins, Mark Manson. I think these guys have cleared like 30 to 50 million dollars off of a single book.”
“And what I would do is I copied James Clear's newsletter format; James Clear does something called 1-2-3. Um, guess what?”
“he's like really a bestselling book is something that has these attributes and I went and studied all the bestselling books and I I learned all these commonalities between atomic habits and this and this and this”
“The cover—okay, here's the thing with these sort of books; the reason Atomic Habits was so successful is because it was picked up by the demographic of women in their 30s in the Midwest.”
“you know that book atomic habits by james clear i was like yeah yeah she's like it's it's all right and i was like oh you mean like the best-selling book”
“Atomic Habits. I think Atomic Habits he did 3 million copies sold in about the first 2 years or something like that.”
“it's like did you read atomic habits I've read about a third of it so far”
James Clear There's a chapter in Atomic Habits about the influence of friends and family on our behaviors. And I think… 7
“Then I signed the book deal for Atomic Habits. Season changes. Can't can't write those anymore. So that shifted. Then I worked on the book for 3 years.”
“So this reader, his name is Mitch, and I mentioned him in Atomic Habits. When he first started going to the gym, all right, so he lost over 100 pounds.”
“There's a chapter in Atomic Habits about the influence of friends and family on our behaviors. And I think if I could write it again, I would even expand it because it's even bigger than I think I realized.”
“In atomic habits I I've tried to lay everything out that I can like I wanted it I don't know whether I reached or not but my objective when I was writing was I want to write the single best book that's ever been written about habits.”
“and one of the things I say in the book is that habits are the compound interest of self-improvement”
“and the example in atomic habits is this British Cycling Team example and I'm not a huge fan of cycling per se”
“it's this idea that it's not I say this in the conclusion of atomic habits it's not a single one percent change that's going to transform your life”
Morgan Housel James clear's book starts with him getting hit in the eye with a baseball and like nearly dying from it and… 6
“Atomic Habits has sold over 25 million copies and is still going stronger than ever kind of thing.”
“I remember when I read Atomic Habits by James Clear. I I I remember reading three pages and being like, That's it.”
“if you read James clear and you read Atomic habits you can learn about habits that would be relevant to investing relationships exercise Health whatever it would be”
“If you read James Clear's 'Atomic Habits', you learn habits that are relevant to investing, relationships, exercise, and health.”
“James clear's book starts with him getting hit in the eye with a baseball and like nearly dying from it and then if you read that chapter and you're like I have to read the best rest of this book”
“James Clear's book starts with him getting hit in the eye with a baseball and nearly dying from it.”
David Perell if rather than reading Atomic Habits, you know, it's the first one that comes to mind as one of these books… 4
“For example, when James Clear when he did Atomic Habits, I think he had like 80 podcasts that launched that week. There's probably things around BookTok and Twitter and like clipping up different things that you've made about your book, that's more kind of guerrilla marketing tactics that are going to end up being more solo.”
“the what's probably the most selling bestselling non-fiction book of the past few years atomic habits by James Clear. Atomic Habits is a brilliant, brilliant title because what he's trying to do is he's basically trying to say small, tiny changes, remarkable results.”
“if rather than reading Atomic Habits, you know, it's the first one that comes to mind as one of these books which is everywhere you know, if rather than reading Atomic Habits, you go and read I don't know Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy.”
“and then if you read that book the way in which he could distill his ideas and atomic habits the way in which he could craft sentences that really compress all the wisdom writing is able to do that in a way that no other media is because it's malleable”
Ali Abdaal the reason Atomic habits was so successful is because it was picked up by the demographic of women in their… 3
“the reason Atomic habits was so successful is because it was picked up by the demographic of women in their 30s in the midwest apparently which is like by far the biggest demographic of people who buy books and especially people who buy self-help books”
“Another way of approaching it would be, I guess, more like what James Clear did with Atomic Habits, where there is a thesis, i.e. Tiny habits, remarkable results. There is a four-part framework, or like the 4-Hour Workweek, four part framework of D-E-A-L.”
“The parable of the pottery class from James [inaudible 01:09:19]'s book. All of these things. You've got to put in the reps in order to get good.”
Benjamin Hardy every action you take kind of back to james clear's concept he calls it a vote towards the person you want… 3
“every action you take kind of back to james clear's concept he calls it a vote towards the person you want to become”
“big vision but small steps you know it's kind of like tiny habits or atomic habits”
“James clear anatomic habits references something similar to this when he talks about habit change and he uses a analogy of identity based change that's actually what he calls it I think in atomic habits”
George Mack as James Clear says it's a vessel for self-improvement disguised as a money-making Enterprise the it's the… 3
“as James Clear says it's a vessel for self-improvement disguised as a money-making Enterprise the it's the the biggest driver of your personal growth”
“so I think James Clear has that graph where if you improve 0.1 every single day if that compounds that's a 30 second 36x Improvement in a year”
“whereas a system and similar to jail under James clearer covers this a little bit with atomic habits”
Heidi Dusick The more you practice, you know, if you go back to James Clear, you don't start by running the marathon, yo… 2
“The more you practice, you know, if you go back to James Clear, you don't start by running the marathon, you start by putting on your shoes.”
“you know if you go back to James clear right you don't start by running the marathon you start by putting on your shoes”
Mike Vecchione I was I'm reading uh a book The Atomic habits and uh I was talking to him about it like uh because I I've t… 2
“I was I'm reading uh a book The Atomic habits and uh I was talking to him about it like uh because I I've tried to build more habits in my life”
“and so that book I'm trying to read the atomic habits is like that guy talks about habits and you know it's like you got to just do these things he's very good at habits”
Nathan Barry he wrote Atomic habits in 2021 he sold the most copies of any book on Amazon for the entire year 2
“he wrote Atomic habits in 2021 he sold the most copies of any book on Amazon for the entire year”
“If you take another example, James Clear wrote 'Atomic Habits' in 2021; he sold the most copies of any book on Amazon for the entire year, beating out Good Night Moon and Michelle Obama—whoever, right?”
Andrew Huberman BJ Fogg has done great work, and then James Clear wrote a book about habits and has a popular newsletter re… 1
“BJ Fogg has done great work, and then James Clear wrote a book about habits and has a popular newsletter regarding them.”
Bill Burnett You know, the things like, uh, you know, James Clear's um, you know, atomic habits like small changes are h… 1
“You know, the things like, uh, you know, James Clear's um, you know, atomic habits like small changes are how you make big changes.”
Dominick Quartuccio James Clear talks about this all the time in atomic habits the one decision you can make that eliminates th… 1
“James Clear talks about this all the time in atomic habits the one decision you can make that eliminates thousands of future decisions”
Fiona Murden yeah i remember in atomic habits by james cleary says that we've got 14 million sense sensing um cells in o… 1
“yeah i remember in atomic habits by james cleary says that we've got 14 million sense sensing um cells in our body and 11 million of them at a site dedicated to site and only three million to the remaining four senses”
George Kamel that's in atomic habits right 1
“that's in atomic habits right”
Justin Wren this is actually from James clear have you heard of him atomic habits New York Times bestselling author 1
“this is actually from James clear have you heard of him atomic habits New York Times bestselling author”
Lauren Johnson yet i think james clear in atomic habits he interviewed someone 1
“yet i think james clear in atomic habits he interviewed someone”
Matt Frazier Oh, I heard Atomic Habits. Oh, James Clear. Yeah, on your podcast saying he puts the beer in the very back… 1
“Oh, I heard Atomic Habits. Oh, James Clear. Yeah, on your podcast saying he puts the beer in the very back of the fridge.”
Michael Blevins in James clears atomic habits which I'm sure you'll be familiar with he talks about 1
“in James clears atomic habits which I'm sure you'll be familiar with he talks about”
Oz Pearlman For example, Atomic Habits had a huge impact on me. Some of these books that show you where is that inflect… 1
“For example, Atomic Habits had a huge impact on me. Some of these books that show you where is that inflection point from you trying to do something to you ingraining it in your muscle memory and now it becomes self-fulfilling.”
Peter Akkies Atomic habits uh James Clear advice of a just one percent better every day focus on the um what you're goin… 1
“Atomic habits uh James Clear advice of a just one percent better every day focus on the um what you're going to iterate on day after day after day is a great way to operate”
Richard Shotton James clear's Atomic habits very story heavy 1
“James clear's Atomic habits very story heavy”
Sarah Jones so in James clears Bach atomic habit C gives us great fact that he says in the human body there's about 14… 1
“so in James clears Bach atomic habit C gives us great fact that he says in the human body there's about 14 million cells that are dedicated to sense and 11 million of them are dedicated to sight”
Seth Godin and James did a great job with atomic habits but I will be delighted to wager that many people didn't read… 1
“and James did a great job with atomic habits but I will be delighted to wager that many people didn't read the whole thing”
Spencer Greenberg The next one is mini habits, and this will be familiar to people that have read um James Clear's book. 1
“The next one is mini habits, and this will be familiar to people that have read um James Clear's book.”
The Cultural Tutor if rather than reading Atomic Habits, you know, is the first one that comes to mind as one of these books w… 1
“if rather than reading Atomic Habits, you know, is the first one that comes to mind as one of these books which is like everywhere, you know, if rather than reading atomic habits, you go and read, I don't know, Botheus, the consolation of philosophy, just one example, um then your output is going to be different.”
Tom Segura in atomic Habits by James Clear he talks I think it's like the head of the Chinese weightlifting team 1
“in atomic Habits by James Clear he talks I think it's like the head of the Chinese weightlifting team”
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“And I remember I was talking to James Clear like a year ago and I asked him when did he come to the four parts of Atomic Habits. It was like he had finished the book.”
“I've read you know a lot of the the big ones out there like Atomic habits and the that one about herur you know the Relentless the well the one about stopping hurrying and oh John Mark Comer's book”
“like you guys will be familiar with atomic habits and all of the Q yeah so what we're really looking at is cues”
“And then in terms of books, first book I read this year was Atomic Habits. That one's definitely very high up on my list.”
“well perfect example was to um all weekend I woke up at 6:00 a.m. to start doing my Atomic habit of getting up early and motivated for work”
“and I keep thinking of the atomic habits thing where the problem is is it's not part of my system right now”
“I am reading Atomic Habits by James clear for the third time I absolutely love this book I think it is just such an amazing book if you have things in your life that you want to accomplish”
“This is Ashley from Oklahoma, and I wanted to start with my favorite book. I am reading Atomic Habits by James Clear for the third time, and I absolutely love this book!”
“Atomic Habits talks about like keeping your identity small. And I thought it was so genius.”
“and I know for a fact that I am I mean it's essentially I just decimated myself from Thanksgiving to Christmas I was actually turning into a puff pastry by the time that the Christmas was completely over but getting back into it you know I'm reading this book Atomic Habits by James Clear um and it's a phenomenal book”
“this year I have three that I'm tackling the one that I'm working on right now is atomic Habits by James clear”
“except one of the books that I wanted to read I wanted to read it so much that I bought it was James Clear Atomic habits”
“and right now I believe they're they're Reading Man search for meaning and atomic habits which you've heard us reference on the show and we're actually going to be interviewing James Clear in a few weeks here about that book”
“I think it gives us a real opportunity to explore this incredible episode with James Clear, Atomic Habits.”
“in fact referencing an episode that we did recently with James Clear author of atomic habits he very pointedly stated”
“referencing an episode that we did recently with James Clear author of atomic habits he very pointedly stated and I've realized this not just in finance but so many aspects of my life that it is incredibly important to join a group where the desired behavior that you have for your life whether that be I want to be better”
“It's like you said it is really a lot of things that James Clear talked about when he came on right like it's an identity thing”
“So yeah, no, I definitely recommend it and then um James Clear's Atomic Habits was really key as far as just like getting into the habit of doing it every day and I do recommend both of those books.”
“the reason that that rule is so great and that's an inversion of James clear's um never miss uh what is it a habit Mist once is an error a habit missed twice is the start of a new habit”
“we did this episode with uh James Clear author of atomic habits who's really you know talking about some of these Concepts”
“so I've tried to internalize this whole concept of of systems versus goals which I know James Clear talks about in atomic habits and setting up systems that work for my life and for me because I am still like a a very numbers based guy like I have actually set up kind of like a tracking system and frankly”
“like in his book Atomic Habits was probably one of the best I've read on the topic and doing something consistently does change your identity.”
“my next one is a quote from i think it's originally from uh james clear don't practice what you do not want to become and basically it reminds us that there is no such thing as not instantiating a habit you're always embedding some form of habit”
“it's because johnny was was following like the atomic habits method of like starting at two minutes building up to four minutes a day and three minutes”
“the fact that james clear didn't just do atomic habits unteachable is you know beyond me”
“atomic habits probably [frick] good man we were talking about this on the we were interviewed the other day about like what books would we recommend and talking about reading and um the answers i gave were like books that are operating systems so like atomic habits if you like you can you apply what's in atomic habits if all”
“atomic habits probably [ __ ] good man we were talking about this on the we were interviewed the other day about like what books would we recommend and talking about reading and um the answers i gave were like books that are operating systems so like atomic habits if you like you can you apply what's in atomic habits”
“so i re-read atomic habits we all like atomic habits don't we just not read it yet”
“so i re-read atomic habits”
“so there's this quote from atomic habits that James clears got I always come back to changing your habits often requires you to change your tribe Each tribe has a set of shared expectations Behaviors that conform to the shared expectations are attractive Behaviors that conflict with the shared expectations are unattractive It's hard to go against the group Often”
“the best books tell you a story that you already know is a universal atomic habits by james clear one of the best books that i've read over the last few years”
“so James clear and then re reviewing my notes on atomic habits life”
“one of the one of the quotes from James clears atomic habit Such a really [ __ ] love and I never thought of before”
“recently read James clears atomic habits which kind of put a like a bottle cap on that thought process”
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“You could listen to the Let Them Theory by me or books from some of your favorite guests on the Mel Robbins podcast like Atomic Habits or The Psychology of Money.”
“I don't think that there's that much of a waiting in terms of the LLM that James Clear's Atomic Habits on Moby Dick is worth 10 million times that of an anime and manga blog.”
“You know, like the atomic habits you have to do like small. This was one that wasn't that hard.”
“He wrote the book Power of Habit which was a big inspiration to to Atomic Habits and it was a great book.”
“It's not a single thrust. It's not the psychology of money. It's not atomic habits. It's not high agency.”
“James Clear is the author of Atomic Habits and one of the world's foremost experts on how to build rock-solid habits that better your physical and mental health, work, and relationships.”
“Your book is everywhere and now I get to actually meet the person behind it.”
“Looking back on, you know, now Atomic Habits has sold 25 million copies, I'd say that's maybe the biggest lesson that I have is that the people who make it easy to get started and who master the art of getting started tend to stick with it and succeed.”
“Um in a way all of Atomic Habits is an answer to that question.”
“I wrote parts of Atomic Habits on my parents' couch when I was visiting them for the holidays. I wrote parts of it in the passenger seat of a car while we were on a road trip.”
“That was how I built my audience and got the book deal that eventually became Atomic Habits.”
“I mentioned him in Atomic Habits and he when he first started working out, he had this strange little rule for himself where he wasn't allowed to stay at the gym for longer than 5 minutes.”
“In my language and the Atomic Habits language, it's what I call identity-based habits.”
“There really, there is no one version of Atomic Habits. There are 25 million versions. And it's what those 25 million people who have read have thought.”
“And I don't feel that way about Atomic Habits. I'm like, it can just be a project that I worked really hard on...”
“I got into this thing for a little while when I was actually working on writing Atomic Habits. I tried to lock everything down...”
“If there was any one thing that I could add to Atomic Habits that wasn't in there, it would be more on the social environment.”
“In some ways, I feel like everything that I teach through Atomic Habits and the writing that I do is just me teaching what my parents taught me...”
“Atomic Habits is like runaway freight train. I'm trying to keep a hold of that.”
“So, you know, if you're looking for more on all this, how what else can I do to make habits easier, obvious, and so on, Atomic Habits is, you know, the the full guide there.”
“It's making it easy to start in a way like probably 70% of what's in atomic habits are different strategies and different ideas and different tools that help you get started or makes starting easier.”
“Then why would I fall for it? Basically, but there's this guy, I mentioned him in Atomic Habits, his name is Mitch.”
“So I call them in the book in atomic habits I call them Q, craving, response and reward.”
“And I in atomic habits, I call this the cardinal rule of behavior change.”
“And then some stuff's just neutral, you know, like get dressed, you know, sure, whatever. Just put a put an equal sign.”
“So, um Atomic Habits is the culmination of basically 10 years of work and effort for me. Um, it's like I my objective was to write the best book that's ever been written on habits.”
“So, Atomic Habits is the full guide and the philosophy and the approach on how to do it. Then you finish this book and you sit there and you say, "All right, great. I have some habits I want to build. How do I do that?"”
“I'm ultimately chose the phrase atomic habits for three reasons. There's there's three meanings to the word atomic. The first is tiny or small like an atom which obviously I think your habit should be small and easy to do.”
“atomic habits was one of the most meaningful projects that I've worked on. It seems to have made a big difference for a lot of people or helped a lot of people.”
“nature's very keen on was atomic habits for the 1800s. ”
“rupy cow releases milk and honey James Clear releases Atomic habits and they're they both just these books just sell 10 million copies on their own”
“and then I signed the book deal for Atomic habits and I didn't have the capacity to do that and write the book”
“This is like some James Clear philosophy, right? If you want to watch less TV, move the TV out of the living room.”
“so the two times we've recently done this is with James Clear from Atomic habits and Dr Andrew huberman”
“and so I I can imagine following up something like Atomic Habits it's like impossible and so you can't you can't try to”
“and this is I mean this is how James CLE did Atomic habits it was a series of of tweets and blog posts that became a book”
“And this is, I mean this is how James Clear did Atomic Habits; it was a series of tweets and blog posts that became a book. Man!”
“one that I'm really enjoying is written by James Clear called Atomic habits it's just basically you know it's not just another self-help book it's something that like you can actually put these these things into motion”
“One that I'm really enjoying is written by James Clear, called Atomic Habits! It's just basically, you know, it's not just another self-help book, it's something that like you can actually put these things into motion!”
“he came out with it just after James Clear’s ‘Atomic Habits’”
“it was like number one was Atomic habits and I I looked it there and it said like 500 in like 70 weeks”
“because when you got back the first thing you did was give me back my Atomic habits book yeah it only took shaming Laura in front of uh maybe a couple hundred thousand people she's like here's the book give it back to Jonathan and it's back the very first morning”
“because when you got back the first thing you did was give me back my Atomic habits book”
“right now I believe they're they're Reading Man search for meaning and atomic habits which you've heard us reference on the show and we're actually going to be interviewing James Clear in a few weeks here about that book”
“we are getting the opportunity to speak with James Clear author of atomic habits I mean this is if he is not a household name he is one that you will be bonding with quickly because the information that he's put together the synthesis in this book”
“and you know Habits Like You Know Atomic habits”
“You could listen to the let them theory by me or books from some of your favorite guests on the Mel Robbins podcast like Atomic Habits or The Psychology of Money.”
“Another question I love, and this is actually at the core of a lot of what I talk about in Atomic Habits, is How can I create an environment that will naturally bring about my desired change?”
“So let's say when I was writing Atomic Habits early on, I was like, I know what I'm trying to achieve. I'm trying to write the most comprehensive and most useful book that's ever been written on habits.”
“So for all of those reasons, I felt like atomic was a great word to describe it. So It needs to describe what the topic is.”
“And this has rekindled my enthusiasm, amplified my enthusiasm for the new year. So I appreciate you sharing so much and being so game to play the tennis match of this conversation.”
“is that idea of like Atomic habits right that James Clear book like”
“the editor on our book is the same editor that James Clear has for a book called Atomic habits”
“The editor on our book is the same editor that James Clear has for a book called Atomic Habits.”
“He recommended "Atomic Habits" by James Clear. Okay. Friend of the Pod.”
“one is James Clear who wrote a book called Atomic habits and the other is Mark Manson who wrote the book The subtle art of not giving a [ __ ]”
“he said it's called Atomic habits and I didn't say this but at the time I was like that sounds like a dumb name but for those who don't know I think Atomic habits has now sold five or six million copies it's probably the bestselling book of The Last Five Years”
“or the pomodoro technique or atomic habits or whatever it might be”
“In the how to like sort of self-help category like behind "Atomic Habits" and then some book about dogs that was number one. I don't get that, but I guess people love dogs.”
“Okay i have a problem with my this thing like which page in atomic habits is it that i need to turn to to like find the particular habit that i'm doing to do the whatever thing”
“I can see seth golden and and james clear's atomic habits just behind you on the desk”
“the uh the one about the S cells is from James clear's Atomic habits I can't remember who told me that one everyone will know it was on this podcast”
“today we have James queer author of atomic habits this is one of the best-selling books on habits in a decade”
“your book atomic habits which will link to in the show notes as we always do addresses both avenues to habit change”
“and you talk about in atomic habits you talk about goals first mentality versus systems first mentality”
“James Clear, author of Atomic Habits, has been on earlier this year.”
“and atomic habits as well I suppose”
“and atomic habits as well”
“it was sure it was something that I'd seen in chasing excellence by Ben Bergeron and a couple of other books and hadn't really put it together but it was incredibly succinctly and brutally delivered delivered to remind me just how many mistakes are sometimes make in atomic habits”
“so when I was about a year into writing atomic habits that like okay this is going to slow I'm spending too much time on social I need to make sure that I like say more focus tearing to get this book done”





