Hey guys, welcome to the James Smith podcast episode today with James Clear.

When else given the opportunity to do a podcast with James Cahars?

Very excited. He is one of my favorite authors. I've read his book.

Atomic Habits, probably twice over now. It's a New York Times bestselling book.

We have a conversation about a lot of things. I think you're gonna find it very useful.

I had to record this episode at 1am in the morning.

I'm someone that goes to bed very early.

So if there's a bit of slowing and owing, it's to do with the fact that I'm very tired.

But without further ado, I want to introduce James Clear.

Guys, I think you're gonna really enjoy this episode.

James Clear, thank you very much for coming on the podcast.

Hey, good to talk to you.

I have a feeling that quite a lot of the listeners to this podcast will already be aware of who you are.

A lot of them will probably have read your book.

But if they haven't in a nutshell, who are you?

I'm a writer and an entrepreneur.

I've been running my own business for over a decade now.

And most of that time, I spent writing about how to build better habits,

how to make better choices and decisions,

and kind of generally focused on practical and useful ideas for living a better life.

The main thing that people probably know me for now is Atomic Habits,

which is a book that kind of summarizes all of the best ideas I've come across for building

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