376: How to Become the Person You Want to Be, with James Clear

Coaching for Leaders

Dave Stachowiak

Management, Careers, Business

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2018

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

James Clear: Atomic Habits

James Clear is an author and speaker focused on habits, decision-making, and continuous improvement. He is a regular speaker at Fortune 500 companies and his work is used by teams in the NFL, NBA, and MLB. He’s the author of the new book, Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones*.

Key Points

Goals are great for deciding what direction you want to head, but to actually get there it’s all about your systems.
Results aren’t what needs to change; the processes and habits are what need to change.
Start with the identity you want for yourself and build your habits to reinforce that identity.
Your habits are what prove your identity to yourself.
Habits are like compound interest for self-improvement.

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0:00.0	None of us get where we want to go overnight. It's a discipline process over time of small intentional steps.
0:08.0	On this episode, the strategies and mindset you need to become the person you want to be.
0:13.4	This is Coaching for Leaders episode 376.
0:17.0	Produced by Innovate Learning,
0:20.0	Maximizing human potential.
0:28.4	Greetings to you from Orange County, California. This is coaching for leaders and I'm your host Dave Stahoviac. Leaders aren't born, they're made, and this weekly show gives
0:36.7	you access to the practical wisdom that will empower you to become a better leader.
0:43.0	many of us who are part of this community
0:45.6	are thinking often about how do we become the person
0:48.3	we want to be.
0:50.0	We've heard a lot of the tactics over the years.
0:52.4	We've read a lot of the tactics over the years. We've read a lot of the books that help us to not only
0:56.7	become more effective leaders, but become more effective people.
0:59.8	And today's guest has done a ton of research, writing, and work around helping people to be as effective
1:08.9	as possible.
1:09.9	He is going to help us to really answer that question in a substantial way today. I'm glad to welcome
1:14.7	James Clear to the show. James is an author and speaker focused on habits,
1:19.0	decision-making, and continuous improvement. His work has appeared in the New York Times, entrepreneur, time, and on CBS this morning.
1:27.1	His website receives millions of visitors each month, including me, and hundreds of thousands
1:32.1	subscribe to his popular email newsletter.
1:34.7	He's a regular speaker at Fortune 500 companies and his work is used by teams in the NFL,
1:39.7	NBA, and Major League Baseball.
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