El primer paso para una mejor vida

Atomic Habits, de James Clear

Casciari dijo alguna vez que un libro no te puede cambiar la vida después de los veintipico. Por experiencia propia y totalmente empírica, esto no es así. A mí me marcaron mucho 3 libros que leí a los veintipico. ¿Cómo me doy cuenta que fue así? Porque todos los días pienso que me hubiera encantado haberlos leído antes. Este libro es uno de ellos. Los otros son The end of procrastination de Petr Ludwig y Mindset de Carol Dweck.

Acá armé una especie de resumen para refrescarme las ideas. También lo convertí en deck de Anki para refrescarlo en el día a día. Por otro lado, el curso de Aprender de Grandes sobre hábitos explica muchas técnicas de eso y por qué somos como somos. Yo lo hice 2 veces y en la segunda Gerry hizo una trivia, un juego donde me va genial. Gracias a eso logré ganarme un lugar en el curso de Creatividad. Sin más preámbulo, los dejo con James Clear.



Decidir quién quiero ser

Decide the type of person you want to be. Prove it to yourself with small wins. First, decide who you want to be. This holds at any level—as an individual, as a team, as a community, as a nation. What do you want to stand for? What are your principles and values? Who do you wish to become? Ask yourself, “Who is the type of person that could get the outcome I want?” Who is the type of person that could lose forty pounds? Who is the type of person that could learn a new language? Who is the type of person that could run a successful start-up?

Las 4 etapas de formación de hábitos

Cue, Craving, Response and Reward. If a behavior is insufficient in any of the four stages, it will not become a habit. Eliminate the cue and your habit will never start. Reduce the craving and you won’t experience enough motivation to act. Make the behavior difficult and you won’t be able to do it. And if the reward fails to satisfy your desire, then you’ll have no reason to do it again in the future. Without the first three steps, a behavior will not occur. Without all four, a behavior will not be repeated.

Fórmulas para generar hábitos

Apilar: After [CURRENT HABIT], I will [NEW HABIT]

Ubicar: I will [BEHAVIOR] at [TIME] in [LOCATION]

Combo de tentación: After [CURRENT HABIT], I will [HABIT I NEED]. After [HABIT I NEED], I will [HABIT I WANT].

Control de hábitos The habit stacking + habit tracking formula is: After [CURRENT HABIT], I will [TRACK MY HABIT].

Diseñar un entorno:

Environment design is powerful not only because it influences how we engage with the world but also because we rarely do it. Most people live in a world others have created for them. But you can alter the spaces where you live and work to increase your exposure to positive cues and reduce your exposure to negative ones. Environment design allows you to take back control and become the architect of your life. Be the designer of your world and not merely the consumer of it.

Imitar grupos

We imitate the habits of three groups in particular: The close. The many. The powerful. Join a culture where (1) your desired behavior is the normal behavior and (2) you already have something in common with the group.

Reformulá los nombres que le das a tus hábitos

Reframing your habits to highlight their benefits rather than their drawbacks is a fast and lightweight way to reprogram your mind and make a habit seem more attractive.

Lo mejor es enemigo de lo bueno. Dejate de dar vueltas y arrancá

I refer to this as the difference between being in motion and taking action. The two ideas sound similar, but they’re not the same. When you’re in motion, you’re planning and strategizing and learning. Those are all good things, but they don’t produce a result. Action, on the other hand, is the type of behavior that will deliver an outcome. If I outline twenty ideas for articles I want to write, that’s motion. If I actually sit down and write an article, that’s action. If I search for a better diet plan and read a few books on the topic, that’s motion. If I actually eat a healthy meal, that’s action. Sometimes motion is useful, but it will never produce an outcome by itself. It doesn’t matter how many times you go talk to the personal trainer, that motion will never get you in shape. Only the action of working out will get the result you’re looking to achieve.

Goodhart's Law

“When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.” Measurement is only useful when it guides you and adds context to a larger picture, not when it consumes you. Each number is simply one piece of feedback in the overall system.

Goldilock's Rule

Humans experience peak motivation when working on tasks that are right on the edge of their current abilities. Not too hard. Not too easy. Just right.

Solo con tener estas ideas en cuenta, dando vueltas por algún lugar de mi cuerpo, empecé con la parte más importante: estar conciente de cómo soy y por qué soy así. A partir de acá puedo cambiar lo que no me gusta y fomentar mis fortalezas