Small Steps, Big Wins: James Clear on Harnessing the Power of Incremental Progress
The Chase Jarvis LIVE Show
Chase Jarvis
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🗓️ 5 July 2023
⏱️ 85 minutes
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Summary
James Clear is a world-class writer and speaker, most well-known for his #1 New York Times bestselling book, 'Atomic Habits'. Since its release, he has traveled the globe sharing actionable insights with those looking to make a lasting change. James is a regular speaker at Fortune 500 companies and his work has been featured by the likes of Time magazine, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and CBS This Morning. I recently had the honor of having him on the show to discuss his methodology and advice for aspiring successes.
Highlights from our conversation:
- Progress is the key element behind sustained effort and eventual success
- The value of learning to take things one step at a time
- James' personal journey of self-improvement while writing his book
- Understanding the links between passion, curiosity, and action
Enjoy!
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I think one of the most motivating feelings to the human mind is the feeling of progress. If you're |
| 0:04.6 | making progress, you have every reason in the world to keep doing what you're doing, showing up to |
| 0:08.7 | those physical therapy sessions or practicing the same drills or, you know, studying for a little |
| 0:12.9 | bit. Even when you get just a little bit of progress, that's very motivating and can keep you on track. |
| 0:18.1 | And so I think that although I didn't have a good way to phrase it at the time, |
| 0:21.7 | I was just looking for ways to get 1% better each day. I was looking for ways to have some small |
| 0:27.0 | margin of improvement that I could use as a foothold and some stability and then take that little |
| 0:32.5 | step and use that to advance to the next level the day after that. |
| 0:43.7 | Hello everybody and welcome to another episode of the Chase Service Live show. |
| 0:49.9 | I'm your host Chase, your internet friend, and we have another episode today of Summer School 2023. If you're not familiar with this series, this is a special selection for this show where I have |
| 0:57.7 | looked back over the 13 years of the podcast's existence and selected, personally curated |
| 1:04.1 | a selection of shows that I would like to integrate into the normal flow of micro shows and other guest shows that we're |
| 1:13.2 | recording all the time. These are ones that have already happened that in my mind and in the mind |
| 1:18.4 | of the listeners out there in the world, the watchers on YouTube, those who have commented on the |
| 1:23.7 | internet and who have downloaded this. And again, these are of the most popular shows we've |
| 1:29.3 | ever recorded in a podcast that's whatever. I said 13 years running now. In other words, |
| 1:35.3 | these are shows that if you have not heard, seen or watched otherwise, you have to. And if you |
| 1:41.3 | have seen or heard them, then it's time to get them back into your head again. |
| 1:46.5 | Today's guest in this episode of the summer school 2023 is from James Clear. Now, James is a writer. |
| 1:55.3 | That's how you know him best. He's also a speaker. He's a best-selling author of one of my |
| 2:00.3 | absolute favorite books, |
| 2:01.8 | and it's called Atomic Habits. Now, if you pay attention to books, any of the New York Times |
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