I have been seeing everyone online say that Atomic Habit is a really good book. Before trying to read, I wanted to have an idea how people felt about this book.
It’s very good, unless you have little kids and can’t apply 75% of the advice.
scavoyager on
I read it and wasn’t that impressed honestly. I don’t remember a single thing from that book. If you don’t mind spending the time and money who knows maybe you’ll get something from it though. Just my 2 cents
Natural-Reference478 on
It’s not groundbreaking, but it’s a solid book packed with practical tips. I’d recommend viewing it as a manual – take your time to read it, slowly applying the advice to cultivate new habits.
hernanemartinez on
Microhabits is way better. And with lesser hype.
hobokenbob on
didn’t change my life
Fencejumper89 on
It’s practical.
ziggsyr on
It oversimplifies and misrepresents data and experiments to push a narrative. So a typical self help book.
It presents anecdotes where little tricks of psychology solved major problems such as improving the results of an olympic team or reducing death from diarrhea in Pakistan. But every single time if you actually go look at the data (which the author is really bad at citing) the actual solution was for a small group of individuals to dedicate a lot of time and money solving the problem and the “trick” was either inconsequential or sometimes even reported as harmful to the effort.
thirunelvelihalwa on
Just another self-help book but it doesn’t try to convince you that you’re shit and need to improve radically (most self-help books are based around this). There’s no over-the-top pep talk, positive thinking woo-woo.
I guess that’s why people like it so much
RiffRaider on
reallyy a good one – only if you act according to what you learn. self-discipline.
Key_Bicycle9483 on
Read thinking fast and slow.
Almost every self help book is a chapter of thinking fast and slow at a 4th grade reading level
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It’s very good, unless you have little kids and can’t apply 75% of the advice.
I read it and wasn’t that impressed honestly. I don’t remember a single thing from that book. If you don’t mind spending the time and money who knows maybe you’ll get something from it though. Just my 2 cents
It’s not groundbreaking, but it’s a solid book packed with practical tips. I’d recommend viewing it as a manual – take your time to read it, slowly applying the advice to cultivate new habits.
Microhabits is way better. And with lesser hype.
didn’t change my life
It’s practical.
It oversimplifies and misrepresents data and experiments to push a narrative. So a typical self help book.
It presents anecdotes where little tricks of psychology solved major problems such as improving the results of an olympic team or reducing death from diarrhea in Pakistan. But every single time if you actually go look at the data (which the author is really bad at citing) the actual solution was for a small group of individuals to dedicate a lot of time and money solving the problem and the “trick” was either inconsequential or sometimes even reported as harmful to the effort.
Just another self-help book but it doesn’t try to convince you that you’re shit and need to improve radically (most self-help books are based around this). There’s no over-the-top pep talk, positive thinking woo-woo.
I guess that’s why people like it so much
reallyy a good one – only if you act according to what you learn. self-discipline.
Read thinking fast and slow.
Almost every self help book is a chapter of thinking fast and slow at a 4th grade reading level