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Leveraging Habits To Change Your Life - Part Two
According to Clear, the most proven scientific analysis of personality traits (as of the time his book was published) is "The Big Five," which is an inventory of five principle traits. Clear describes the traits as: 1) Openness to Experience (curious and inventive versus cautious and consistent), 2) Conscientiousness (organized and efficient versus easygoing and spontaneous), 3) Extraversion (outgoing and energetic extraversion versus solitary and reserved introversion), 4) Agreeableness (friendly and compassionate versus challenging and detached), and 5) Neuroticism (anxious and sensitive versus calm and stable).
Leveraging Habits To Change Your Life - Part One
James Clear has a passion for self-improvement and optimization via habit engineering. I recently listened to his book Atomic Habits on Audible and I was spellbound. I wrote so many notes that I'm actually going to divide this article into two parts. In Part One, I want to share Clear's four laws of habit building, which he believes are key to making change.
Go Streaking and 4 Other Tips to Create New Habits
“I’m too old to create new habits,” the client told me.
“What do you mean?” I asked, assuming I was misunderstanding. Nope, I was not:
“I’m too far along in my career and too set in my ways at this age to learn a new habit,” he clarified.
“Aren’t you 30?” I asked.
“No,” he said – “I’m 31.”
Go Streaking and 4 Other Tips to Create New Habits
“I’m too old to create new habits,” the client told me.
“What do you mean?” I asked, assuming I was misunderstanding. Nope, I was not:
“I’m too far along in my career and too set in my ways at this age to learn a new habit,” he clarified.
“Aren’t you 30?” I asked.
“No,” he said – “I’m 31.”