James Clear: Atomic Habits, How Small Habits Change Your Life | E265

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha (Entrepreneurship, Sales, Marketing)

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Education, Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Business, Self-improvement

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 January 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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James Clear grew up dreaming of becoming a professional baseball player. But after suffering a serious head injury from being hit in the face with a baseball bat in high school, he had to regroup and figure out how best to play the cards he had been dealt. Thanks to his diligent work ethic, he rebounded to become a college pitcher before embarking on a career as a writer, blogger, best-selling author, and expert on habits. In today’s episode, James will share his story, the rocky road to his bestselling book Atomic Habits, and how you can break your worst habits. James Clear has been writing at JamesClear.com about habits, decision-making, and continuous improvement since 2012. He is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller, Atomic Habits, which has sold millions of copies worldwide and has been translated into more than 50 languages. His popular "3-2-1" email newsletter is sent out weekly to more than 1 million subscribers. In this episode, Hala and James will discuss: - The accident that changed his life - His accomplishments on the ball field - How to incorporate habit stacking into your routines - His journey from blogging to best-selling book - How he built his successful email newsletter - Making habits research accessible to readers - The runaway success of Atomic Habits - His next book project - Habits as the compound interest of improvement - The importance of identity-based habits - Why fixating on goals can be unhealthy - How to break a bad habit - And other topics… James Clear has been writing at JamesClear.com about habits, decision-making, and continuous improvement since 2012. He is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller, Atomic Habits, which has sold millions of copies worldwide and has been translated into more than 50 languages. Clear is a regular speaker at Fortune 500 companies and his work has been featured in places like Time magazine, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and on CBS This Morning. His popular "3-2-1" email newsletter is sent out weekly to more than 1 million subscribers. Resources Mentioned: James’s Website: https://jamesclear.com/ James’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesclear/ James’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/JamesClear James’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jamesclear/ James’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jamesclear/ James’s Newsletter (The 3-2-1 Newsletter): https://jamesclear.com/3-2-1 James’s Masterclass (Small Habits that Make a Big Impact on Your Life): https://www.masterclass.com/classes/small-habits-that-make-a-big-impact-on-your-life James’s book, Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones: https://www.amazon.com/Atomic-Habits-Proven-Build-Break/dp/0735211299 LinkedIn Secrets Masterclass, Have Job Security For Life: Use code ‘podcast’ for 30% off at yapmedia.io/course. Sponsored By: RobinHood - Visit robinhood.com/PROFITING to claim an unlimited 1% bonus on your assets. Shopify - Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period at youngandprofiting.co/shopify Nom Nom - Go to youngandprofiting.co/trynomnom for 50% off on your two-week trial HelloFresh - Go to HelloFresh.com/profitingfree and use code profitingfree for FREE breakfast for life! Help Save Palestinian Lives: Donate money for eSIM cards for the people of Gaza at https://youngandprofiting.co/DonateWHala More About Young and Profiting Download Transcripts - youngandprofiting.com Get Sponsorship Deals - youngandprofiting.com/sponsorships Leave a Review - ratethispodcast.com/yap Watch Videos - youtube.com/c/YoungandProfiting Follow Hala Taha LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/htaha/ Instagram - instagram.com/yapwithhala/ TikTok - tiktok.com/@yapwithhala Twitter - twitter.com/yapwithhala Learn more about YAP Media Agency Services - yapmedia.io/

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0:56.1	There's this interview with Michael Jordan where a journalist is kind of asking like,
0:59.1	hey you take all these big shots what happens if you try to take a game-winning shot and you miss?
1:03.0	And his reply was like, why would I think about missing a shot I haven't taken yet?
1:07.0	This is why one of the key things I talk about in Tomacabits is getting 1% better each day.
1:11.0	Because if you're on a good trajectory,
1:13.4	even if it's a very modest gain on any given day,
1:16.6	all you need is to
1:17.4	he's the author of a New York Times bestseller,
1:19.2	atomic habits, a frequent speaker at Fortune 500 companies and Habits Experts.
1:23.4	The truth is, I've struggled with all the same things everybody else struggles with.
1:26.2	Like, do I procrastinate?
1:27.2	Sure, all the time.
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