From James Clear "Atomic Habits" To from a new habit, you must write down the exact time and location of your new habit. "Hundreds of studies have shown that implementation intentions are effective for sticking to our goals, whether it’s writing down the exact time...
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To form a habit, you must give yourself a reward.
From James Clear's book "Atomic Habits" To Form a Habit, You Must Give Yourself a Award (a Dopamine hit). "In the beginning, you need a reason to stay on track. This is why immediate rewards are essential. They keep you excited while the delayed rewards accumulate in...
Skin in the Game by Nassim Taleb
From Amazon's Description: "As always both accessible and iconoclastic, Taleb challenges long-held beliefs about the values of those who spearhead military interventions, make financial investments, and propagate religious faiths. Among his insights: • For social...
The Hard Thing About Hard Things
From Amazon's Description: "Ben Horowitz, cofounder of Andreessen Horowitz and one of Silicon Valley's most respected and experienced entrepreneurs, offers essential advice on building and running a startup—practical wisdom for managing the toughest problems business...
The Personal MBA by Josh Kaufman
Use a Habit Tracker to help you keep up your habit
From James Clear's book "Atomic Habits" Why Should I Use a Habit Tracker? "Making progress is satisfying, and visual measures—like moving paper clips or hairpins or marbles—provide clear evidence of your progress. As a result, they reinforce your behavior and add a...
My favorite Quotes from the Book Grit
From Angela Duckworth's "Grit" My Favorite Quotes From the Book Grit. "In sum, no matter the domain, the highly successful had a kind of ferocious determination that played out in two ways. First, these exemplars were unusually resilient and hardworking. Second, they...
How Can You Grow Grit?
From Angela Duckworth's "Grit" How Can You Grow Grit? "I get emails and letters almost every day from people who wish they had more grit. They lament that they never stuck with anything in order to get really good at it. They feel they’ve squandered their talents....
How to develop Grit for your kids.
From Angela Duckworth's "Grit" How To Develop Grit for Your Kids. "Nevertheless, as a parent and as a social scientist, I would recommend that, as soon as your child is old enough, you find something they might enjoy doing outside of class and sign them up. In fact,...
Test ideas or “ooch” before leaping into them.
From Chip Heath's "Decisive" Test ideas or "ooch" before leaping into them. "To ooch is to construct small experiments to test one’s hypothesis." (p. 116) Ooching = "running small experiments to test our theories. Rather than jumping in headfirst, we dip a toe in."...