1% Better Every Day - James Clear at ConvertKit Craft + Commerce 2017

// What are your most important goals in life?

What habits fuel those goals?

What if you were able to get 1% better at each of those cornerstone habits everyday? How would that change your life?

James Clear's answers each one of these questions in detail in his talk from Craft + Commerce.

// Craft + Commerce is the annual conference dedicated to helping creators earn a living online. Hosted by ConvertKit in Boise, ID.

Craft + Commerce is a combination of:

1. Inspiring (and educational) main stage talks from full-time online business owners
2. Nitty-gritty workshops teaching in-the-weeds levels of detail on how to build a business around your blog, podcast, or YouTube channel
3. Parties, meetups, and small group gatherings to help you build meaningful relationships with other creators and entrepreneurs just like you.

[brunob]

" Most people think they lack motivation when what they really lack is clarity "

[mohamadkhubayb]

00:00 Welcome
00:18 A Story about British Cycling Team
02:45 An Overview of the Entire Presentation
05:24 (1) Noticing
09:14 (2) Wanting
13:24 (3) Doing
17:35 (4) Liking
21:06 The True Change Habits Can Make

[kekp]

1. The aggregation of marginal gains.
2. Habits are the compound interest of self-improvement.
3. Good habits make time your ally.
4. Bad habits make time your enemy.
5. Four stages of habit formation - noticing, wanting, doing, and liking.
6. Many people think they lack motivation when what they really lack is clarity.
7. Give your goals a time and place to live in the world.
8. You want to put more steps between you and the bad behavior and fewer steps between you and the good behavior.
9. Optimize for the starting line, not the finish line.
10. The best way to change long term behavior is with short term feedback.

[robr]

Atomic Habits is a really powerful book, it changed my life.

[vinayramachandran]

You don't have to be victim of your environment..you can be the architect!!!👍

[Jayden]

Overcoming the financial challenges that comes with recession in any economy is easy, Simply diversify your streams of income. One of the best decision I ever made in my life was investing in the crypto market. Trust me guys, it really pays a lot! 😊😊 .

[har.]

putting all your energy into the starting line (and not the finishing line) is some good advice right there

[seanjacob]

wow, he actually presented the first chapter of his book almost word to word 😲

[barbarasianesi]

I love this talk! So much content, nicely condensed, perfectly weighted with evidence (scientific studies) and personal anecdotes. I've been following James for ages, but still found the talk so new and fresh. And I just love the "Every action that you take is actually a vote for the type of person that you want to become" -- definitely worth having as a mantra! Thank you, James.

[JulyRuliia]

A quick reminder for me :

. Decide What + Where + When + When specifically
. Prepare to Fail to know what you'll do to fix it
. Availability of Options makes you able to choose the bad things - remove what's bad
. Lower friction between Good habits and you and Increase it for Bad habits.
. Quantity Is better than Quality (at the beginning)
. Focus on How to start rather than the finishing line
. Habits are the first 2 minutes
. If it only takes 2 minutes, do it now
. Find/Create a reward in the Good things you do that have a long time reward !

[mty]

0:18 British Cycle Team Story
4:32 Intro to 4 stages of habit formation
5:24 (1) Noticing - Implementation Intention and the experiment. 3 groups, last group has specific plan, most successful
6:53 (1) Noticing - the insight “ many people think that they lack motivation when what actually lacking is clarity.”
7:25 (1) Noticing - Author experience building writing habit. 7:54 “...so you need to give your goals a time and place to live, give them space in your calendar.” 8:12 The failure premortem a strategy for better planning. Or Kill the business...
9:04 (1) Noticing the summary - It is hard to change something if your are not aware of it. One way to become aware is a specific plan for when it going to happen.

[eastafrican]

I decided to start Gym and become fit on the 6 February 2021, still going 6 days a week without skipping. Small changes big results I am an example. It depends on you to start changing. Much respect ✊ to this man.

[jonathanparnell]

I sit here drunk, consciously aware of my bad habits, but also seeking anything that can bring back my motivation.

[EricMossthestrongmanexperience]

I’m a motivational speaker and listen to other speakers just to see how they present different messages etc. This video here is GOLD JERRY, GOLD! All jokes aside, this is phenomenal material.

[rijd]

“Be the designer of your world and not merely the consumer of it.” A good quote from this book. There's a workbook called 30 Days to Reduce Stress by Harper Daniels that I also like for mindfulness.

[emilmarionmendoza]

"If you can change your habits you can change your life" -James Clear

[thiagoghisi]

This talk is a masterpiece.

From Stage 3: Doing to the end of it, I can't stop playing it in repeat.
Every statement from James Clear is clear and practical at the same time.


Can't get clearer, more inspirational, or more practical than that.

[Spoilerson]

Just finished reading atomic habits today. Exactly took me a week! And it’s the best ever I’ve read❤

[adnanshamsi]

One of the most life changing lessons from James clear!

[jackhan]

06:54 This is the insight. Many people think that they lack motivation when what they really lack is clarity.