Late to the trend but these are all the movies I watched during the quarantine. I just went back to work this week so I saw that as more or less of the end of the quarantine for me. Rated the movies on a scale of 1-10 with a short review of each movie. Hope you enjoy it and sorry for any grammar errors I wrote all of the reviews today so I went through them fairly quick.
Raiders of the Lost Ark: Great start to an amazing franchise 9/10 (Rewatch)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom: Another good entry to the series but definitely not as good as the first or third 8/10 (Rewatch)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: In my opinion the best Indiana Jones movie, Sean Connery is great in this 9.5/10 (Rewatch)
The Great Gatsby: Interesting movie, I really enjoyed how grand everything felt but would have been much better if they used music that fit the time rather than Jay z songs 7.25/10
Burnt: Enjoyed this movie a lot more than I thought I would with it being about cooking 7/10
Memento: One of the most mind bending movies I have seen. Great movie 9/10
Saving Private Ryan: Had meant to watch this awhile ago and I'm glad I finally did. Definitely live up to the hype 8.75/10
Zodiac: Really good movie with some great acting. Crazy to think they came to close to catching him (allegedly) 8.25/10
Days of Thunder: Entertaining but the plot is really all over the place and seem very just slapped together 5.5/10
The Running Man: Classic Arnold movie cheesy but in the best way possible 8/10 (Rewatch)
Rocketman: Was very disappointed with this movie I was not a fan of the more musical style rather than biopic. I really enjoyed the Queen movie and was hoping for something similar but I was very wrong. Although Taron Edgerton is very good as Elton 5.5/10
The Fighter: Christian Bale almost never seems to disappoint and Mark Wahlberg is good as well. Very inspiring story 7.75/10
Lucky Number Slevin: Really interesting movie seems predictable at first but catches you off guard 7.5/10
True Grit(2010): Heard a lot about this movie and was not disappointed at all 9/10
Whiplash: I had the impression I wouldn't like this movie but by the end its hard not to be amazed by the performances. Also the the cinematography was surprisingly good 8.75/10
Clear and Present Danger: Decent movie with a good cast although easily forgettable 6.75/10
Old School: Hilarious comedy movie I had never heard of until recently, give it a watch you wont regret it 8/10
Looper: Really enjoyed the plot of the movie and the whole time travel aspect. The Joseph Gordon Levitt CGI on his face to look like Bruce Willis just felt weird though 8/10
A Night At the Roxbury: Very dumb comedy not necessarily in a bad way. A lot of better comedies out there 6/10
Death Proof: I know this is a popular opinion but my least favorite Tarintino movie. You don't really care about any of the characters and their is little to no actual story being told 5.75/10
Jackie Brown: Again definitely one of my least favorite Tarintino movies but much better than death proof. Really loved Samuel L Jackson in this one 7/10
Kill Bill: Great Tarintino flick with amazing action and an awesome cast 8.5/10 (Rewatch)
Kill Bill vol 2: Good follow up to the first and has a satisfying ending, not as exciting/fun as the first 7.75/10 (Rewatch)
Equilibrium: You can tell how hard this movie tried to be the matrix. Still has some redeeming qualities 6/10
The Hunt for the Red October: Another Jack Ryan movie, I liked this one better than Clear and Present Danger. Good story and very suspenseful 7.5/10
Casino Royale (2006): My favorite Daniel Craig Bond movie so far and great start to a new era of Bond. Also Mads Mikkelsen is great as Le Chiffre 8.5/10
Quantum Of Solace: Extremely disappointing movie after how great Casino Royale was. The villain barely feels like a villain and the editing/ camera work in this movie is one of the worst I have ever seen 5/10
Skyfall: A return to form after Quantum of Solace. Much better and cohesive story and with a compelling villain 8/10
Goldeneye: My favorite Bond movie I have seen so far (all the ones i have listed here). As much as I enjoy the Daniel Craig movies I have always like the gadgets and a bit campy vs the very realistic Craig 8.75/10
12 Monkeys: Had never heard of this movie before but It was awesome and quickly became my favorite time travel movie. If you haven't seen this movie watch it asap! 9/10
Star Wars The Phantom Menace: Started a Star Wars Marathon and got sidetracked but I have to admit I have always loved the prequels having grown up with them even though im well aware of the issues that plague these movies. Duel of the Fates is Tied for best lightsaber duel of all time 7.5/10
Star Wars Attack of the Clones: For sure the worst movie of the prequels imo but still a lot of memorable parts and another good duel with Count Dooku, Obi Wan, Anakin and Yoda 6.5/10
Star Wars the Clone Wars (2008): I love the clone wars tv show but you can easily tell this movie was just episodes of the show put together to movie length. Also the animation in this movie and the beginning of the series in pretty poor but thankfully it only goes up in quality 5/10
Dune: Ok Movie but does not hold up well at all. Its obvious the plot of the book was far too much to contain in one movie. I'm looking forward to the remake of this and that they are going to do it in multiple movies rather than just one. As much as people shit on remakes this one movie that really deserves another go especially with modern special effects 5.5/10
Once Upon A Time in Hollywood: Might be a bit of a hot take but my favorite movie of all time! I loved every moment of this movie and the connection between Dicaprio and Pitt is pure gold. I could watch this movie every night and still enjoy it just as much as I did when I saw it for the first time in theater. 10/10 (Rewatch)
Donnie Brasco: Not a bad mob movie Depp and Pacino are both good but it follows all the typical mob tropes 7/10
Ace Ventura Pet Detective: Jim Carrey is always great and Ace Ventura is no exception. Solid comedy 7.5/10
The Lord Of The Rings The Fellowship of the Ring: An amazing beginning to one of the best film trilogies of all time 9.25/10 (Rewatch)
The Lord Of The Rings The Two Towers: My personal favorite of the LOTR movies you just can't beat when Gandalf shows up at the battle of Helms Deep 9.5/10 (Rewatch)
The Lord Of The Rings The Return of The King: Another amazing movie and a great ending to such a great film trilogy also with one of the best battles ever filmed 9/10
Spy Game: Entertaining and fairly suspenseful movie not a bad watch 6.75/10
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back: First Jay and Silent Bob movie I have seen, was a fun movie and I liked all the cameos 7.25/10
Total Recall (2012): Not a terrible movie but the original with Arnold is much more memorable and a lot more fun than the 2012 version 5/10
Constantine: Bit of a weird movie but was still entertaining and has a great dark tone. Hard not to love Keanu 6.75/10
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Very dark movie but I absolutely loved this movie. Great murdemystery along with great performances from Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara. Must watch if you haven't seen it 8.75/10
Sin City: Really interesting story and has a very different style to it. Makes you feel like it has been pulled right from the comic book. Also a really awesome cast 8.25/10
From Dusk Till Dawn: This movie really caught me off guard. Very campy 90's style but I had a blast watching this movie and would definitely watch it again. Seeing Tarintino as a main character in a movie is weird but also hilarious 7.75/10
Team America World Police: Really dumb movie but it is still pretty funny 6.25/10
American made: Another movie its hard to believe that its a (mostly) true story. Tom Cruise is really great in this 7.75/10
Live Die Repeat / Edge of Tomorrow: One of the most amazing concepts for a story I have seen in years and they manage to pull it off in an amazing way. Both Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt are great in this movie. Loved the dark humor and quirkiness of all the characters 9/10
Blade Runner: Amazing movie that still stands up today. Such a great story and the atmosphere of the blade runner world is like no other. RIP Rutger Hauer 9.5/10 (Rewatch)
Blade Runner 2049: A great sequel to the original Blade Runner. 2049 is one of the most beautiful moves I have seen with gorgeous cinematography from Roger Deacons. One of Ryan Gosling's best performances 9.25/10 (Rewatch)
American History X: An important story about how even smart people like Edward Nortons character can be convince into an evil cult like mentality. This movie also breaks down the race tensions and shows how nobody can really be too far gone to be changed for the better 8.25/10
The Ninth Gate: Easy to watch movie with a interesting story. Nothing special but still enjoyable 6.75/10
Fury: Really good WW2 movie, you get really invested into all the characters and shows what the war was like towards the end 8/10
The Chronicles Of Riddick: Enjoyable action movie looks pretty good for an early 2000s movie since they used a lot more practical effects rather than the typical shitty cgi at the time 6.5/10
Sicario Day Of The Soldado: Pretty bad sequel. The first half of the movie is decent but the second half is slow and boring. The story just ends up really going nowhere and is just a letdown 4.5/10
The Prestige: I can't believe it took me this long to see The Prestige but holy shit is it an amazing mind bending movie. Both Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale are amazing in this. Chris Nolan is such a great director and I can't wait for Tenet to finally come out 9.5/10
The Bourne Identity: Good and Entertaining action movie. Matt Damon is a great Jason Bourne 7.75/10
The Bourne Supremacy: Another good action movie that's fun to watch throughout 7.75/10
The Bourne Ultimatum: I feel like Ultimatum really took the Bourne franchise to another level. Really great action and intriguing story Best Bourne movie for sure 8.25/10
Knives Out: Really fun murder mystery with a great cast. Only gripe is that they wouldn't have given away so much so soon. You know most of what happened like 30 min into the movie 8.25/10
Murder On The Orient Express: Another really funny murder mystery. All the characters are very quirky and unique which makes the whole movie a lot of fun. The ending is also very satisfying how it all comes together 8.5/10
Layer Cake: Good movie but I cant help feeling like this is a Guy Ritchie movie without the Guy Ritchie flair to it 7/10
Wind River: I really liked Jeremy Renners whole tracking aspect in this movie rather than the typical Detective stuff you see in most murder mystery movies. Also you really feel and understand the pain some of the characters go through 8/10
Let me know what you think!
submitted by Book: Atomic Habits by James Clear In Atomic Habits, Clear lists out the importance of habits, the fundamentals on how habits work, and how to set and stick to them. If you are at a low point in your life or want to know how to stick to your reading habit, this summary will have the answer. If you want to see a formatted pdf version of this post, I have it on my Google Drive:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZqnQHdite1vWENYaCcKL28MDvfIfRTWo/view?usp=sharing Note: This summary is formatted with ADVICE followed by QUOTEs and FACTs. If you want a tl;dr of this summary, just skim through the ADVICEs and only read the quotes, facts, and examples if you're skeptical.
Contents of the summary: - The Fundamentals
- How Your Habits Shape Your Identity (and Vice Versa)
- The 1st Law: Make it Obvious
- The 2nd Law: Make it Attractive
- The 3rd Law: Make it Easy
- The 4th Law: Make it Satisfying
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Quote “If you want to predict where you’ll end up in life, all you have to do is follow the curve of tiny gains or tiny losses, and see how your daily choices will compound ten or twenty years down the line.”
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Advice Be patient with your habits
Fact The effect of small habits are delayed. You don’t immediately see good results from good small habits, and neither bad results from small bad habits. But, overtime, they compound to something much larger.
Quote “Your outcomes are a lagging measure of your habits. ”
Fact: Why people stop building positive habits: They see that they’re failing to make a tangible result and decide to quit.
Quote “It is not until months or years later that we realize the true value of the previous work we have done.”
Quote Small changes often appear to make no difference until you cross a critical threshold. The most powerful outcomes of any compounding process are delayed. You need to be patient.
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Advice Focus not only on making good habits, but also removing bad ones
Quote Habits are a double-edged sword. They can work for you or against you
Positive compounding
- Productivity compounds: Accomplishing one extra task every day or automating an old task every day can lead to a lot over an entire career.
- Knowledge compounds: Learning one new idea every day not only makes you know more, but allows you to see old ideas through new perspectives.
- Relationships compound: Helping others more and being nicer in each interaction can result in a network of strong connections over time.
Negative compounding
- Stress compounds: Stressing every day can lead to serious health issues
- Negative thoughts compound: The more you think of yourself or others negatively, you will spiral uncontrollably towards that direction.
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Advice Focus on systems rather than setting goals.
Fact Society worries about setting specific, actionable goals, but the real results lie when you focus on the system.
Quote “You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.”
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Outcomes: Concerned with results (ex: publishing book, general goals)
Process: Concerned with changing your habits and systems (ex: new gym routine)
Identity: Changing your beliefs, worldview, self-image, and judgements.
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ADVICE Focus on who you wish to become rather than what you want to achieve
EXAMPLE Being offered a cigarette and saying “No thanks. I’m trying to quit” vs. “No thanks. I’m not a smoker.” Small difference but one is a goal and the other is a shift in identity.
QUOTE The ultimate form of intrinsic motivation is when a habit becomes part of your identity.
FACT Once your pride gets involved in your habit, you’ll fight hard to maintain them.
QUOTE “True behaviour change is identity change. You might start a habit because of motivation, but the only reason you’ll stick with one is that it becomes part of your identity.”
- The goal is not to read a book, the goal is to become a reader.
- The goal is not to run a marathon, the goal is to become a runner.
- The goal is not to learn an instrument, the goal is to become a musician.
FACT The reason why your positive habits fail to stick is because they conflict with your current identity.
FACT Feedback loops: “Your habits shape your identity, and your identity shapes your habits.”
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ADVICE Know what result you want, work backward to find what type of person could get those results. Work to become that person by continuously accumulating small habits.
TWO STEP PROCESS TO CHANGING YOUR IDENTITY - Decide the type of person you want to be.
- Prove it to yourself with small wins.
QUOTE The most effective way to change your habits is to focus not on what you want to achieve, but on who you wish to become.
QUOTE “Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become. No single instance will transform your beliefs, but as the votes build up, so does the evidence of your new identity.”
QUOTE The most practical way to change who you are is to change what you do.
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The Science Of How Habits Work QUOTE The process of building a habit can be divided into four simple steps: cue, craving, response, and reward.
- Cue: Triggers brain to initiate a behaviour
- Craving: Motivational force behind every habit. “Every craving is linked to a desire to change your internal state.”
- Response: The actual habit performed. If friction is low and the reward is great, the response will be carried out.
- Reward: End goal of every habit. “The cue is about noticing the reward. The craving is about wanting the reward. The response is about obtaining the reward.
FACT We chase rewards because they satisfy us and because they teach us that these actions are worth remembering in the future.
FACT “If a behaviour is insufficient in any of the four stages, it will not become a habit.”
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THE FOUR LAWS OF BEHAVIOUR CHANGE How to Create a Good Habit - The 1st law (Cue): Make it obvious
- The 2nd law (Craving): Make it attractive
- The 3rd law (Response): Make it easy
- The 4th law (Reward): Make it satisfying
How to Break a Bad Habit - Inversion of the 1st law (Cue): Make it invisible
- Inversion of the 2nd law (Craving): Make it unattractive
- Inversion of the 3rd law (Response): Make it difficult
- Inversion of the 4th law (Reward): Make it unsatisfying
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QUOTE This is one of the most surprising insights about our habits: you don’t need to be aware of the cue for a habit to begin. You can notice an opportunity and take action without dedicating conscious attention to it. This is what makes habits useful.
FACT Many of our habits are performed subconsciously
QUOTE Once our habits become automatic, we stop paying attention to what we are doing.
QUOTE The process of behaviour change always starts with awareness. You need to be aware of your habits before you can change them.
HOW TO CREATE A HABITS SCORECARD - List out all of your daily habits
- Looking at each habit, ask yourself if that habit is a good, bad, or neutral habit. Mark each habit on the list as such.
- If a habit is hard to determine with step 2, ask yourself: “Does this behaviour help me become the type of person I wish to be? Does this habit cast a vote for or against my desired identity?”
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ADVICE Create an implementation intention: “I will BEHAVIOUR at TIME in LOCATION”
- Studying. I will study Spanish for twenty minutes at 6 p.m. in my bedroom.
- Exercise. I will exercise for one hour at 5 p.m. in my local gym.
- Marriage. I will make my partner a cup of tea at 8 a.m. in the kitchen.
FACT The two most important cues that can trigger a habit are time and place.
QUOTE People who make a specific plan for when and where they will perform a new habit are more likely to follow through.
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ADVICE Use Habit Stacking to build new habits
QUOTE One of the best ways to build a new habit is to identify a current habit you already do each day and then stack your new behaviour on top. This is called habit stacking.
QUOTE Rather than pairing your new habit with a particular time and location, you pair it with a current habit.
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ADVICE Create a habit using the habit stacking formula: “After CURRENT HABIT, I will NEW HABIT”
- Meditation. After I pour my cup of coffee each morning, I will meditate for one minute.
- Exercise. After I take off my work shoes, I will immediately change into my workout clothes.
- Gratitude. After I sit down to dinner, I will say one thing I’m grateful for that happened today.
- Marriage. After I get into bed at night, I will give my partner a kiss.
- Safety. After I put on my running shoes, I will text a friend or family member where I am running and how long it will take.
FACT Once you have a basic structure, you can begin creating longer stacks by chaining your small habits together using the Diderot Effect.
Case 1:
- After I pour my morning cup of coffee, I will meditate for sixty seconds.
- After I meditate for sixty seconds, I will write my to-do list for the day.
- After I write my to-do list for the day, I will immediately begin my first task.
Case 2:
- After I finish eating dinner, I will put my plate directly into the dishwasher.
- After I put my dishes away, I will immediately wipe down the counter.
- After I wipe down the counter, I will set out my coffee mug for tomorrow morning.
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ADVICE Create general habit stacks:
- Exercise. When I see a set of stairs, I will take them instead of using the elevator.
- Social skills. When I walk into a party, I will introduce myself to someone I don’t know yet.
- Finances. When I want to buy something over $100, I will wait twenty-four hours before purchasing.
- Healthy eating. When I serve myself a meal, I will always put veggies on my plate first.
- Minimalism. When I buy a new item, I will give something away. (“One in, one out.”)
- Mood. When the phone rings, I will take one deep breath and smile before answering.
- Forgetfulness. When I leave a public place, I will check the table and chairs to make sure I don’t leave anything behind.
FACT “Habit stacking works best when the cue is highly specific and immediately actionable.”
- BAD: When I take a break for lunch, I will do ten push-ups.
- GOOD: When I close my laptop for lunch, I will do ten push-ups next to my desk.
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ADVICE Design your environment such that cues of preferred habits are obvious.
FACT “When the cues that spark a habit are subtle or hidden, they are easy to ignore.”
- If you want to remember to take your medication each night, put your pill bottle directly next to the faucet on the bathroom counter.
- If you want to practice guitar more frequently, place your guitar stand in the middle of the living room.
- If you want to remember to send more thank-you notes, keep a stack of stationery on your desk.
- If you want to drink more water, fill up a few water bottles each morning and place them in common locations around the house.
FACT “Gradually, your habits become associated not with a single trigger but with the entire context surrounding the behaviour. The context becomes the cue.”
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ADVICE “Create a separate space for work, study, exercise, entertainment, and cooking.”
FACT It is easier to build new habits in a new environment because you are not fighting against old cues.
QUOTE Every habit should have a home.
QUOTE A stable environment where everything has a place and a purpose is an environment where habits can easily form.
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ADVICE Cut bad habits off at the source by changing your environment or eliminating the cues.
QUOTE So, yes, perseverance, grit, and willpower are essential to success, but the way to improve these qualities is not by wishing you were a more disciplined person, but by creating a more disciplined environment.
FACT “A habit that has been encoded in the mind is ready to be used whenever the relevant situation arises.”
FACT People with high self-control tend to spend less time in tempting situations. It’s easier to avoid temptation than resist it.
FACT You can break a habit, but you’re unlikely to forget it. Once the mental grooves of habit have been carved into your brain, they are nearly impossible to remove entirely—even if they go unused for quite a while.
- If you can’t seem to get any work done, leave your phone in another room for a few hours.
- If you’re continually feeling like you’re not enough, stop following social media accounts that trigger jealousy and envy.
- If you’re wasting too much time watching television, move the TV out of the bedroom.
- If you’re spending too much money on electronics, quit reading reviews of the latest tech gear.
- If you’re playing too many video games, unplug the console and put it in a closet after each use.
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FACT “It is the anticipation of a reward—not the fulfillment of it—that gets us to take action. The greater the anticipation, the greater the dopamine spike.”
QUOTE Whenever you predict that an opportunity will be rewarding, your levels of dopamine spike in anticipation. And whenever dopamine rises, so does your motivation to act.
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ADVICE Combine habit stacking + temptation bundling:
QUOTE Temptation bundling works by linking an action you want to do with an action you need to do.
HOW After CURRENT HABIT, I will HABIT I NEED.
After HABIT I NEED, I will HABIT I WANT.
Case 1: If you want to read the news, but you need to express more gratitude:
- After I get my morning coffee, I will say one thing I’m grateful for that happened yesterday (need).
- After I say one thing I’m grateful for, I will read the news (want).
Case 2: If you want to watch sports, but you need to make sales calls:
- After I get back from my lunch break, I will call three potential clients (need).
- After I call three potential clients, I will check ESPN (want).
Case 3: If you want to check Facebook, but you need to exercise more:
- After I pull out my phone, I will do ten burpees (need).
- After I do ten burpees, I will check Facebook (want).
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ADVICE “Join a culture where (1) your desired behaviour is the normal behaviour and (2) you already have something in common with the group.”
FACT “Behaviours are attractive when they help us fit in.”
FACT “The culture we live in determines which behaviours are attractive to us.”
FACT “The normal behaviour of the tribe often overpowers the desired behaviour of the individual. Most days, we’d rather be wrong with the crowd than be right by ourselves.”
FACT “We tend to imitate the habits of three social groups: the close (family and friends), the many (the tribe), and the powerful (those with status and prestige).”
QUOTE One of the most effective things you can do to build better habits is to join a culture where your desired behaviour is the normal behaviour.
FACT People imitate the habits of the close, the many, and the powerful
FACT “Whenever we are unsure how to act, we look to the group to guide our behaviour.”
FACT We try to copy the behaviour of successful people because we desire success ourselves.
FACT “If a behaviour can get us approval, respect, and praise, we find it attractive.”
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ADVICE Associate hard habits with positive experience
HOW: Reframe your habits to highlight their benefits rather than their drawbacks
Case: Exercise
- NOT: I need to go run in the morning.
- DO: It’s time to build endurance and get fast.
QUOTE Habits are attractive when we associate them with positive feelings and unattractive when we associate them with negative feelings. Create a motivation ritual by doing something you enjoy immediately before a difficult habit.
FACT Every habit has a deeper underlying motive other than surface desires.
FACT Your habits are modern-day solutions to ancient problems.
- Find love and reproduce = using Tinder
- Connect and bond with others = browsing Facebook
- Win social acceptance and approval = posting on Instagram
- Reduce uncertainty = searching on Google
- Achieve status and prestige = playing video games
FACT “Your current habits are not necessarily the best way to solve the problems you face; they are just the methods you learned to use.”
- Smoking to relieve stress vs running to reduce anxiety
QUOTE Once you associate a solution with the problem you need to solve, you keep coming back to it.
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QUOTE The most effective form of learning is practice, not planning.
QUOTE We are so focused on figuring out the best approach that we never get around to taking action.
FACT Planning, strategizing, and learning makes it feel like you’re making progress real when you’re not.
QUOTE You don’t want to merely be planning. You want to be practicing.
QUOTE Habit formation is the process by which a behaviour becomes progressively more automatic through repetition.
QUOTE The amount of time you have been performing a habit is not as important as the number of times you have performed it.
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ADVICE Make your habits convenient
HOW Increase the friction associated with bad behaviours and reduce the friction associated with good habits. When friction is high, habits are difficult, and vice versa.
QUOTE Human behaviour follows the Law of Least Effort. We will naturally gravitate toward the option that requires the least amount of work.
FACT The less energy a habit requires, the more likely it is to occur
QUOTE Create an environment where doing the right thing is as easy as possible.
QUOTE Reduce the friction associated with good behaviours. When friction is low, habits are easy.
ADVICE Set up your environment so the next time you perform a good habit will be very easy and very hard to do a bad habit.
QUOTE Prime your environment to make future actions easier.
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ADVICE Use the two minutes rule
QUOTE The Two-Minute Rule states, “When you start a new habit, it should take less than two minutes to do.”
- “Read before bed each night” becomes “Read one page.”
- “Do thirty minutes of yoga” becomes “Take out my yoga mat.”
- “Study for class” becomes “Open my notes.”
- “Fold the laundry” becomes “Fold one pair of socks.”
- “Run three miles” becomes “Tie my running shoes.”
ADVICE Enforce the two minute rule if you believe you are tricking yourself. Force yourself to quit after exactly two minutes if you don’t feel like working on it.
QUOTE The more you ritualize the beginning of a process, the more likely it becomes that you can slip into the state of deep focus that is required to do great things.
QUOTE Standardize before you optimize. You can’t improve a habit that doesn’t exist.
QUOTE Instead of trying to engineer a perfect habit from the start, do the easy thing on a more consistent basis.
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ADVICE Consider habituating an easier habit if it leads to working on a more difficult habit
- Make your habit stepping into the bus rather than the gym workout.
QUOTE Habits can be completed in a few seconds but continue to impact your behaviour for minutes or hours afterward.
QUOTE Many habits occur at decisive moments—choices that are like a fork in the road—and either send you in the direction of a productive day or an unproductive one.
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ADVICE Make doing bad habits difficult by using a commitment device
QUOTE A commitment device is a choice you make in the present that locks in better behaviour in the future.
- Buy food in individual packages rather than bulk size to prevent overeating
- Ask to be added to the ban list at casinos to prevent gambling sprees
- Buy a device that shuts internet off at 10pm to sleep early
QUOTE Onetime choices—like buying a better mattress or enrolling in an automatic savings plan—are single actions that automate your future habits and deliver increasing returns over time.
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ADVICE Find ways to automate your habits whenever possible
QUOTE Using technology to automate your habits is the most reliable and effective way to guarantee the right behaviour.
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FACT “We are more likely to repeat a behaviour when the experience is satisfying.”
FACT ”The human brain evolved to prioritize immediate rewards over delayed rewards.”
FACT “The Cardinal Rule of Behaviour Change: What is immediately rewarded is repeated. What is immediately punished is avoided.”
QUOTE To get a habit to stick you need to feel immediately successful—even if it’s in a small way.
QUOTE The first three laws of behaviour change—make it obvious, make it attractive, and make it easy—increase the odds that a behaviour will be per formed this time. The fourth law of behaviour change—make it satisfying—increases the odds that a behaviour will be repeated next time.
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ADVICE When selecting rewards for habits, do not select rewards that run counter to what the habit is about.
- Do NOT reward buying a new jacket if habit is to save money
- CAN reward buying a new jacket if habit is to read more.
- Do NOT reward eating ice-cream if habit is to lose weight
QUOTE Incentives can start a habit. Identity sustains a habit.
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ADVICE Use immediate pleasure to start a habit, but slowly it would be unnecessary and habit will become self sustaining
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ADVICE Track your habits
QUOTE One of the most satisfying feelings is the feeling of making progress.
- Moving paperclip from one jar to another for each sales call you make
QUOTE A habit tracker is a simple way to measure whether you did a habit—like marking an X on a calendar.
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ADVICE Tracking habits should be as automated and simple as possible
FACT It is difficult to start a habit, it is even more difficult to start a habit and start a habit tracking habit at the same time.
- Credit card statement tracks how often you go out to eat
- Fitbit tells you how many steps you take and how long you sleep
ADVICE Only manually track your most important habits.
ADVICE Immediately measure and mark your habit after finishing a session.
QUOTE Don’t break the chain. Try to keep your habit streak alive.
QUOTE Never miss twice. If you miss one day, try to get back on track as quickly as possible.
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ADVICE Get an accountability partner to make doing bad habits unsatisfying
FACT We are less likely to repeat a bad habit if it has immediate painful consequences.
QUOTE In general, the more local, tangible, concrete, and immediate the consequence, the more likely it is to influence individual behaviour.
QUOTE An accountability partner can create an immediate cost to inaction. We care deeply about what others think of us, and we do not want others to have a lesser opinion of us.
QUOTE A habit contract can be used to add a social cost to any behaviour. It makes the costs of violating your promises public and painful.
QUOTE Knowing that someone else is watching you can be a powerful motivator.
Advanced Tactics: How to Go from Being Merely Good to Being Truly Great
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ADVICE The Goldilocks Rule states that humans experience peak motivation when working on tasks that are right on the edge of their current abilities.
QUOTE The greatest threat to success is not failure but boredom.
QUOTE As habits become routine, they become less interesting and less satisfying. We get bored.
QUOTE Anyone can work hard when they feel motivated. It’s the ability to keep going when work isn’t exciting that makes the difference.
FACT Really successful people feel the same lack of motivation as everyone else, however, they still find a way to practice despite the boredom.
QUOTE Professionals stick to the schedule; amateurs let life get in the way.
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QUOTE Right when things are starting to feel automatic and you are becoming comfortable—that you must avoid slipping into the trap of complacency.
ADVICE Engage in reflection and review to make sure you are still improving
Every summer:
- What are the core values that drive my life and work?
- How am I living and working with integrity right now?
- How can I set a higher standard in the future?
- Every new year:
- What went well this year?
- What didn’t go so well this year?
- What did I learn?
QUOTE Reflection and review is a process that allows you to remain conscious of your performance over time.
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ADVICE Keep your identity small
QUOTE The tighter we cling to an identity, the harder it becomes to grow beyond it.
QUOTE The more you let a single belief define you, the less capable you are of adapting when life challenges you.
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