The Surprising Power of Small Habits by James Clear

I delivered this keynote speech at a conference in Budapest, Hungary. The talk was titled “The Surprising Power of Small Habits.” It is about why small habits can make a big difference in life and work, and what you can do to build habits that last.

[vishnuteja]

Motivation comes after starting, not before. Gold

[CoachElleC]

I've never been able to put into words HOW I get things done, I've always just done them, so reading your newsletters and listening to your audio book has helped me find the words to help my clients, it's a blessing. Thank you

[mty]

5:11 Part I - Mindset
5:16 Yale Study on aging
8:42 Part II - Priorities
9:43 Simplify
11:53 Parole Board Judges
14:35 The Rose Bush
15:18 The 25-5 Rule
17:31 Eisenhower Box
19:30 Part III - Triggers
19:35 3Rs
21:22 5 Types of Triggers
21:43 Hot and Cold Triggers
23:16 T-Chart
25:23 Modification to David Allen’s 2 Minutes Rule - Make so easy you can’t say no
28:14 Pre Commitment
30:20 Implementation commitment
32:30 Key Stone Habits
34:27 Part IV - Design for Laziness
27:33 Part V - Measurement

[markmbila]

Just heard the principle of aggregation of small habits and repetitions and I am positively impacted. Looking forward to put this principle to practice.

[WelcomeToShiznitLand]

❣❣Please make more video's James! Your speaking is so informational and life-changing! Thank you!💜

[RomyMacias]

Linking new habits to established behaviors is genius. Thank you James for such a great talk!

[lucialucia]

James you should start a podcast! It would be really cool :)

[brucka.zerihun]

I learn a lot and really enjoy it listening. Thank you James

[jennygibbons]

Thank you. I appreciate your efforts so much. It’s helping me out as a reminder played in the background while I do mundane stuff - helps my ADD. I’m learning to be less easily daunted and scattered by stuff, after only a few days of implementation; especially the 2 minute idea has been excellent.

[nabamsital]

Atomic books is really worth purchasing. Loved the book

[NishantKumar-cwtk]

This guy has exceptional knowledge about habits... he should write a book or something.

[tasnim]

James Thanks for this awesome speech. Can you share this slide u used in the speech
with us?

[musictheoryu]

I wouldn't say it's a surprising power.

[chckm]

that compounding improvement is way way too unrealistic. It takes more and more energy/resources to improve 1% the farther down the road. Otherwise, every successful company would be mega huge companies due to consistent improvements. But nope, they always hit a plateau

[duggydugg]

When the national debt overpowers the economy what then? I will our habits help against walking zombies

[amylee]

It’s always the same story in all of James Clear videos. The cycling story...over and over and over. 😕

[anandgoud]

You are not clear with your thoughts. Few examples like the British cycling team would not help a person in developing good habits. Contents of this book is really pathetic, very very difficult to understand and implement in normal life. No one is able to summarize the book atomic habits. I have wasted my crucial time to read this bullshit. Very badly written book.