It’s not about any single accomplishment. True long-term thinking is goal-less thinking. The purpose of building systems is to continue playing the game. It is often because you have not yet crossed what James calls, “Plateau of Latent Potential.” “When you finally break through the Plateau of Latent Potential, people will call it an overnight success.” “The purpose of setting goals is to win the game.

Systems are about the processes that lead to those results.” “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.” “Breakthrough moments are often the result of many previous actions, which build up the potential required to unleash a major change.” If you find yourself struggling to build a good habit or break a bad one, it is not because you have lost your ability to improve. Bad habits make time your enemy.” “Goals are about the results you want to achieve. You get what you repeat.” “Time magnifies the margin between success and failure. Your clutter is a lagging measure of your cleaning habits. Your knowledge is a lagging measure of your learning habits.

Your weight is a lagging measure of your eating habits.

Your net worth is a lagging measure of your financial habits. Atomic Habits by James Clear Written Summary YouTube Summary Audio Podcast Summary Follow us on Instagram Chapter 1: The Surprising Power of Tiny Habits “Success is the product of daily habits-not once-in-a-lifetime transformations.” “You should be far more concerned with your current trajectory than with your current results.” “Your outcomes are a lagging measure of your habits.

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