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Reminds me of the book atomic habits. It emphasizes the compounding gains of small wins.

deregulateMed 5y ago
If you liked that book, Power of Habits is the 10x better version. It's less of a 20 year olds book of lifehacks and more of a science based approach. Power of Habit book changed my life, quit all drugs and video games. Now I just read nonfiction books.
- criddell 5y ago
  Why don't you like video games or fiction anymore?
  - deregulateMed 5y ago
    Waste of time. At least comparatively speaking. Plus these get boring, I climb up the hedonic treadmill. Movies and video games get boring.
    - criddell 5y ago
      I can understand somebody not enjoying video games, but movies is a tough one for me. Does the same go for plays? If so, is there any narrative media you enjoy?
      - deregulateMed 5y ago
        "History is crazier than fiction" This year I read/listened to 30 nonfiction books in philosophy, History, and science. It's been extremely enjoyable and rewarding. My best advice is to put down bad books after 20 or 30 pages.
        criddell 5y ago
        Personally, I think John Lennon was on to something when he said "time you enjoy wasting was not wasted". That said, I agree 100% about giving up on books early and often.
- floxy 5y ago
  Other books in a similar vein that I liked: _One Small Step Can Change Your Life: The Kaizen Way_ by Robert Maurer _Mini Habits: Smaller Habits, Bigger Results_ by Stephen Guise Both are short reads, and the Kaizen book is also in a nice small form factor that you can stick in your back pocket. These books emphasize the importance of making even the smallest change possible.
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- sergiotapia 5y ago
  What author?
  - deregulateMed 5y ago
    Charles Duhigg
- rchaud 5y ago
  I don't know about that. I have the book here in front of me (Charles Duhigg, The Power of Habit), and it seems like the whole thing can be summarized as: Cue - Routine - Reward With an additional 300 pages of weak, mostly theory-driven anecdotes about how corporations apply this at scale. I'd be really interested to know how you applied this to your personal life.

If you liked that book, Power of Habits is the 10x better version. It's less of a 20 year olds book of lifehacks and more of a science based approach. Power of Habit book changed my life, quit all drugs and video games. Now I just read nonfiction books.

criddell 5y ago
Why don't you like video games or fiction anymore?
- deregulateMed 5y ago
  Waste of time. At least comparatively speaking. Plus these get boring, I climb up the hedonic treadmill. Movies and video games get boring.
  - criddell 5y ago
    I can understand somebody not enjoying video games, but movies is a tough one for me. Does the same go for plays? If so, is there any narrative media you enjoy?
    - deregulateMed 5y ago
      "History is crazier than fiction" This year I read/listened to 30 nonfiction books in philosophy, History, and science. It's been extremely enjoyable and rewarding. My best advice is to put down bad books after 20 or 30 pages.
      - criddell 5y ago
        Personally, I think John Lennon was on to something when he said "time you enjoy wasting was not wasted". That said, I agree 100% about giving up on books early and often.
floxy 5y ago
Other books in a similar vein that I liked: _One Small Step Can Change Your Life: The Kaizen Way_ by Robert Maurer _Mini Habits: Smaller Habits, Bigger Results_ by Stephen Guise Both are short reads, and the Kaizen book is also in a nice small form factor that you can stick in your back pocket. These books emphasize the importance of making even the smallest change possible.
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sergiotapia 5y ago
What author?
- deregulateMed 5y ago
  Charles Duhigg
rchaud 5y ago
I don't know about that. I have the book here in front of me (Charles Duhigg, The Power of Habit), and it seems like the whole thing can be summarized as: Cue - Routine - Reward With an additional 300 pages of weak, mostly theory-driven anecdotes about how corporations apply this at scale. I'd be really interested to know how you applied this to your personal life.