Atomic Habits by James Clear: Chapter Two Summary

Chapter Two Summary – How Your Habits Shape Your Identity (and Vice Versa)

  • There are three levels of change: outcome change, process change, and identity change.
  • 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.
  • Your identity emerges out of your habits. Every action is a “vote” for the type of person you wish to become.
  • Becoming the best version of yourself requires you to continuously edit your beliefs, and to upgrade and expand your identity.
  • The real reason habits matter is not because they can get you better results (although they can do that_, but because they can change your beliefs about yourself.

Published by David Lee Moser

I am a sixty-five year old semi-retired elementary teacher.

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