Many people think they lack motivation when what they really lack is clarity. It is not always obvious when and where to take action.
This book helped me understand how habits are formed and what we can do to build long-lasting chains of cues, cravings, responses, and rewards to create systems that will help us achieve our goals.
The first mistake is never the one that ruins you. It is the spiral of repeated mistakes that follows. Missing once is an accident. Missing twice is the start of a new habit.
You don’t realise how valuable it is to just show up on your bad (or busy) days. Lost days hurt you more than successful days help you.
How the Book Changed Me
- It helped me build healthy habits like going to the gym or taking my supplements.
- From now on whenever I seek to change my behavior I look inwards trying to change my identity first instead of starting with the desired outcome.
- I realised that systems are more important than goals since systems are what really takes us to our goals. (Remember – journey before destination – systems are like the journey and the goals are our destinations).
- I definitely notice much more of what I do each day. Every little thing – good or bad – becomes a habit over time that will compound and work for or against us depending on whether it’s positive or negative!