Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2019-04-15
Books mentioned on How To Build Habits That Last - James Clear - #064
James Clear is an author, entrepreneur and speaker focused on habits, decision-making and continuous improvement. James' new book Atomic Habits has been my most recommended of 2019 (and probably 2020 too).
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Atomic Habits
Atomic Habits by James Clear is a comprehensive, practical guide to building positive routines and breaking bad ones through small, incremental behavioral changes.
Recommended“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”
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Chasing Excellence
Chasing Excellence by Ben Bergeron is a self-improvement and fitness book that explores the mindsets, habits, and rigorous frameworks required to achieve elite performance in athletics and daily life.
Discussed“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”
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Deep Work
Deep Work by Cal Newport is a productivity and focus guide exploring how to master concentration in a distracted society.
Recommended“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”
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book Atomic Habits
“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”
Own book 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”