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Narration: 1st person (author)
Review:
Stars: 5
This book provides all the motivation I needed to keep working on myself...one little step at a time. It made me more aware to my current habits and how to form new habits. I suggest that everyone read this book and not just once. Many times throughout your life to revamp the desire to make the 1% changes that lead to big change.
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Questions/Notes:
N1. James was just happy to be on the college team even though he didn't play much.
He appreciated and found joy in his current situation instead of being sad or jealous of what he didn't have.
James says early on in the book that he did not make it in pro baseball but he realized he reached his potential.
Have you felt like you reached your potential?
Do you have to reach all of your goals to be able to say that?
What 1% change have you made since reading the book?
Page 18 says "your outcomes are a lagging measure of your habits." OUCH!
What are some habits of yours that you can change to have positive lagging measurements?
N2. "It does not matter how successful or unsuccessful you are right now. What matters is whether your habits are putting you on the path toward success." (page 18)
N3. Goals are good for setting a direction, but systems are best for making progress (page 24).
On page 20 it mentions the valley of disappointment. You expect to make progress in a linear fashion and it is frustrating when you do not see the changes within the first few days/weeks/months.
Can you share an example of when you entered into the valley of disappointment and how you got through to the other side?
What habit have you become proud of now is part of your identity?
What is an identity you have working against you right now?
Page 45 talks about building habits. It says you can stumble across solutions that become habits.
What is an example of this in your life?
One of the best ways to build a new habit is to identify a current habit you already do each day and then stack your new behavior on top (habit stacking).
Does anyone have an example?
Has anyone tried this?
What do you think works best for you: implementation intention or habit stacking?
Give an example of you using an obvious cue to help gain a habit (page 85).
Has anyone tried to use the "one space one use" method with their electronic devices?
If so, do you use your devices more or less than before?
In chapter 10 it talks about the motivation behind habits. "There are many different ways to address the same underlying motive."
Can you give me an example when you changed a bad habit for a good one to solve a problem/motive?
N4. If you want to master a habit, the key is to start with repetition, not perfection.
What has been your main downfall when trying to build or quit a habit?
All or nothing approach (page 201)
Tracking the wrong thing (page 202)
Have any of you had an accountability partner?
What made it successful?
What made it unsuccessful?
What feels like fun to you but work to others?
Have you now or ever clung to an identity that you have become fragile?
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