This week I was able to interview @JamesClear on my podcast.
Love both Atomic Habits and the 3-2-1 Newsletter.
We talked:
- Mental Models
- The Equal Odds Rule
- Habit's Relationship with Identity
(Thread) 🧵
1/ Habits and Identity
This is the fundamental reason habits matter.
We want to lose weight, make money and be productive but the real reason habits matter is they reshape your sense of self.
What you believe influences how you act.
2/ Casting Votes
Each small action you take to form a habit is like casting a vote for who you want as you future self.
One push-up, writing one sentence, meditating one minute.
In that moment, you are an athlete, a writer or a meditator.
3/ Environment Design
During quarantine, James has tried to be more intentional about reading.
Books everywhere, on desk, bedside table etc.
Only app on homescreen: Audible
4/ Margin Of Safety
Mental Model: Having a buffer against uncertainty.
Pratical: Filling up gas at half-empty, showing up early to meetings.
Life Decisions: Only purchase things you can buy twice comfortably.
5/ Margin of Safety Cont.
Hard work ethic and resilient mindset are Margins of Safety.
You are willing to try things and know that if you fail, you will be fine and know how to react to get up again.
6/ Equal Odds Rule
All scientific papers have similar chances to get popularly cited.
Research shows that matters are the number of papers that scientists publish.
Go out there and get more shots on goal.
7/ Audience Growth
Internet is vastly different from what it was 10 years ago.
Now content is siloed on different platforms.
Pick one and deliver quality.
Spent 20 minute on tweets where other spends 40 seconds.
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