I felt a lack of significance in my life, I don’t have many meetings to attend or company privileges like my friends, and I don’t have a clear future about what should I look forward to, besides doing the repetitive motion of looking at the job postings, finishing some menial task for my part-time job. The first couple weeks after I read Atomic Habits, which was also the time I started looking for a new job. But if I focus on building a constructive system, it may not guarantee the desirable result I want, but it will surely boost the chance of getting there compared to thinking anxiously without concrete action plans. And I will forever be discontent if I’m not able to reach the goal due to uncontrollable factors. (p27)” I realized if all I cared about is a goal, I will mostly be unhappy and anxious until the goal is achieved. Your system is the way to recruit players, manage your assistant coaches, and conduct practice.

(p27)” For example, “If you’re a coach, your goal might be to win a championship. Systems are about the processes that lead to those results. building a system.Ĭlear talked about “Goals are about the results you want to achieve. (p27)’ I started to be aware of the difference between working towards a goal, vs.

Just as atoms are the building blocks of molecules, atomic habits are the building blocks of remarkable results. I first learned about what is Atomic Habits, ‘They are little habits that are part of a larger system. Until that one time, I got laid off, which forced me to reflect upon my working style, ‘Atomic Habits’ became one of the earliest books I turned to seek out some insights. One bundle was Atomic Habits by James Clear, and the other was Grit by Angela Duckworth.Īt that time, I started to wonder if there must be a lesson these books were given out as gifts, but they were not on my reading priority list. A few years ago, one of my church mentors gave two bundles of books to my friends as a Thanksgiving holiday gift.

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