My notes of 1% Better Every Day - James Clear at ConvertKit Craft + Commerce 2017 talk.
The aggregation of marginal gains.
To explain this, speaker talks about bicycle group example that work on small improvement to achieve an goal.
Improve 1% each day that compound to end up 37% times better at end of year.
Habits are compound interest of self-improvement.
Framework of building good habits.
4 stages of habit formation:
noticing
implementation intention
Many people think that they lack motivation when they really lack is clarity.
failure premortem
wanting
driver of your habits is your physical environment Don’t rely on self-power and self-control
doing
quantity vs quality 2 minute rule Optimize for the starting line, not the finish line
liking
repeat behaviours because we like them The Seinfeld Strategy. (Don’t break the chain) Never miss twice