

Most people quit right before they see themselves getting better fast, and it is a shame.Then, all of a sudden, it clicks and you get better fast – and people will call it an overnight success. You work, you put in your reps and you see no results day after day. I’ve experienced this personally in many areas of my life.James refers to a concept called “The Plateau of Latent Potential” – an idea that your results don’t grow linearly but rather compound.Goals are the results you want to achieve, but systems are the processes that get the results.


By committing to get 1% better each day, the compounding growth you achieve over time is tremendous. Your current results don’t matter as much as your current trajectory. The premise of Atomic Habits is that you don’t rise to the level of your goals, you fall to the level of your systems. James has a unique way of communicating powerful truths in digestible form that drive you to action. I’ve read this book three times and listened to it on Audible once.Ītomic Habits is intensely practical – you’ll find yourself wanting to get started before Chapter 1 is over. Great books demand you come back to them over and over again, and this is one of the all-time greats. Apart from the Bible, no book has had as profound an impact on my life as this one.
