A Review of Atomic Habits

A Review of Atomic Habits by James Clear

A book about forming and breaking habits.

Read and reviewed by Jobeth

Inside Atomic Habits you’ll find:

Information about the value of habits

He explains how habits shape our identity, and our identity shapes our habits. So basically, you just have to be the person who does the things you want to do, and do the things, the person you want to be would do. Easy. Right?

Ways to make forming good habits easier

There is a whole list of ideas/facts/suggestions that you can use to make creating good habits more plausible. The way he presents them, they almost sound like they should be common sense. Just, make the habits themselves easier, make them painless and more satisfying so you’ll want to do them, put what’s needed to do them in plain sight. He explains it all so much better than me and gives specific ideas and how to accomplish each of these things.

Ways to make breaking bad habits easier

A lot like his advice/knowledge/ideas on forming good habits, his stuff on breaking bad habits all sounds like it should be common sense. Make it harder. Make it invisible. Make it painful. Make it unsatisfying. But he explains each of these things in depth, with stories and examples of how to execute them.

My take on Atomic Habits was Great.

This is probably one of my favorite personal development books. It’s somehow both concise and in-depth. The author gives entertaining and clear stories explaining most of his points. It’s packed full of valuable insights and very quotable, and I love quotes.

The Good:

Allllll of the advice on forming good habits.

Allllll of the advice on breaking bad habits.

The super quotable statements.

The well aligned stories and examples

The Could Have Been Better:

I will probably say this about every personal development book ever…. but it could have been done in less words. I enjoyed the whole book and I think all the details and stories lended a lot of credence to the points in the book. However, he could’ve gotten all the points out and reasonably well explained in about two-thirds the words.

Top 3 Lines in You Are More Than You Think You Are:

“You should be far more concerned with your current trajectory, than with your current results.”

“The first mistake is never the one that ruins you. It’s the spiral of repeated mistakes that follows.”

“The process of building habits is actually the process of becoming yourself.”

Should You Read Atomic Habits?

This book can help probably help you if: You’re unsatisfied with your life; You struggle with laziness or procrastination; you know the changes you want to make, you’re just having trouble actually making them.

You will probably not enjoy this book if: you are wholly satisfied with your life and have no interest in trying anything different.

I believe the author’s ideal audience is anyone looking to alter their lifestyle in anyway big or small.

If you are interested in Atomic Habits by James Clear

You can purchase it here

Learn more about the author jamesclear.com

Or try any of these similar reads:

Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself by Joe Dispenza