E180 - James Clear: What you need to do today, to change your tomorrow
The High Performance Podcast
High Performance
4.8 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2023
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
James Clear is a writer and speaker, known for his bestselling book Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones. Atomic Habits spent every week of 2021 on the New York Times best-seller list, usually in either the No.1 or No.2 spot and it has been translated into more than 50 languages. In this episode, James shares his insights on achieving your goals, building new habits and how to stay on track.
They discuss the importance of finding the balance between contentment and struggle that allows you to perform at your highest level. James has learnt the best techniques to manage his time and keep himself focused. He shares why it’s important to not cling too tightly to your identity, “it takes courage to walk back down the mountain”.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi there, I'm Jake Humphrey, this is High Performance and this is an amazing episode. |
| 0:08.0 | I can't wait for you to hear this because this is the podcast that reminds you it's within |
| 0:12.0 | your purpose, your story, your ambition, they're all there. |
| 0:16.0 | All we do is unlock it by turning the lived experiences or the great learnings |
| 0:20.0 | from the planet's highest performers into your life lessons. |
| 0:23.0 | And right now we have a really special episode because today we welcome |
| 0:28.0 | Best Selling Author James Clear, who delivers us one of the most compelling episodes |
| 0:34.0 | of this podcast since we started three years ago. |
| 0:38.0 | Here's what's in store. |
| 0:40.0 | Every action you take is like a vote for the type of person you wish to become. |
| 0:44.0 | And I think this is the real reason, the true reason that habits matter is that they reinforce |
| 0:50.0 | your identity. You know the tighter that you cling to your current identity, |
| 0:54.0 | the harder it becomes to grow beyond it. |
| 0:56.0 | Who's the type of person I want to cast votes for? What is the type of identity I wish to reinforce? |
| 1:00.0 | And how are my habits shaping the story that I have about myself? |
| 1:04.0 | And if you can get those two things aligned, then the results can kind of come as a natural byproduct. |
| 1:10.0 | Man, you'd be surprised how often people are already making enough money to support their life, |
| 1:16.0 | but then they choose to make more money but live a worse daily life. |
| 1:20.0 | If you're already at that threshold to choose to make more money and live your life |
| 1:24.0 | worse than you are, then you're not going to be able to make more money and live worse days. |
| 1:28.0 | It seems like an awful trade. |
| 1:30.0 | If you only show up on the good days, you're not really getting any separation between you and the average person. |
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