Nick HutchisonFounder and CEO, BookThinkers

1-Minute Book Tip: Atomic Habits by James Clear

14 Aug 2020 · 1 min

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Nick Hutchison explains James Clear's core idea from Atomic Habits: tiny changes compound into major breakthroughs. An ice cube stays frozen until one degree pushes it past 32°F and it melts completely, the same way small daily improvements can trigger big life transformations.

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Hello, Book Thinkers family. Today's 1-minute book tip is going to come from Atomic Habits by James Clear. And today's tip is that breakthrough moments, big breakthrough moments, are often the result of small little changes that happened in the past. And so a good example is an ice cube. In Fahrenheit, an ice cube will melt at any degree above 32. So let's say that it's 25 degrees out, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30. The ice cube is still frozen. You can't tell that the ice cube is about to melt, but 31, 32, 33, now that 1 degree changes and the whole ice cube melts. Those same breakthrough moments can happen in your life. What small changes can you be implementing today to become a better person?