James Clear's 1 essential question for personal growth.pdf
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This document discusses James Clear's view that developing an identity statement of who you want to become is key to fulfilling your potential. It recommends a 3-step process: 1) Write an identity statement of who you wish to become, 2) Ask yourself what type of person you are, and 3) Reinforce aspects of your identity that support your goal through daily habits and attitudes. Developing an identity in this way can help eliminate struggles by framing habits as part of who you are rather than things you aren't allowed to do. The document encourages the reader to write down who they wish to become as the first step in this identity-building process.
James Clear's 1 essential question for personal growth.pdf
- 1. James Clear: 1 key question to ask yourself if you want to fulfil your potential
- 2. Who is the person you wish to become?
- 3. If you think about it, its very much like writing the mission statement for a company. Only its not for the company, its for a person. And its not a mission statement, its an identity statement.
- 4. James Clear speaks about identity statement, in his bestseller Atomic Habits, the foundational book on building good habits and success systems for personal growth.
- 5. Whoever you wish to become, you need to build your identity step by step, through activities and attitudes that support the achievement of the bigger goal. Its not going to happen overnight.
- 6. Follow James 3-step identity building process:
- 7. Identity statement: I wish to become a healthy person. Question: What type of person am I? Answers reinforcing the aspects that help you support your desired identity: Im the type of person who drinks 8 glasses of water a day. Im the type of person who goes to the gym 3 times/week. Im the type of person who walks home from the office.
- 8. James unique view on building good habits is a powerful mindset switch. Including your goal in your identity eliminates so many struggles with one sweep. One I can think of is frustration: 'I'm not allowed to eat sweets' frustration 'I'm not the type of person who eats sweets' serenity, confidence
- 9. Who is the person you wish to become? So let's get back to the question: Grab a cup of a piece of paper and a pen and write down your answer. Congratulations! You're already one step closer to fulfilling your potential.