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I'm a writer and speaker focused on habits, decision making, and continuous improvement and the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller, Atomic Habits. The book has sold over 15 million copies worldwide and has been translated into more than 50 languages. 

I'm also a regular speaker at Fortune 500 companies and my work has been featured in places like Time magazine, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and on CBS This Morning. My popular "3-2-1" email newsletter is sent out each week to more than 3 million subscribers. You can learn more and sign up at jamesclear.com. 

You can find me elsewhere on Twitter (https://twitter.com/jamesclear) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/jamesclear/).

I split problems into two groups: muddy puddles and leaky ceilings. 

Some problems are like muddy puddles. The way to clear a muddy puddle is to leave it alone. The more you mess with it, the muddier it becomes. Many of the problems I dream up when I'm overthinking or worrying or ruminating fall into this category. Is life really falling apart or am I just in a sour mood? Is this as hard as I'm making it or do I just need to go workout? Drink some water. Go for a walk. Get some sleep. Go do something else and give the puddle time to turn clear. 

Other problems are like a leaky ceiling. Ignore a small leak and it will always widen. Relationship tension that goes unaddressed. Overspending that becomes a habit. One missed workout drifting into months of inactivity. Some problems multiply when left unattended. You need to intervene now. 

Are you dealing with a leak or a puddle?

James Clear

What are some examples of leaky ceilings?

What are muddy puddles and leaky ceilings?

A simple recipe for finding opportunities:

1. Be pleasant
2. Ask questions
3. Engage daily

It's hard for a warm and pleasant person who is asking a lot of questions and engaging in their industry daily to not come across interesting opportunities.

Many of the best things in life grow along the way.

Start hanging out with someone and love grows along the way.
Start exercising and motivation grows along the way.
Start writing and inspiration grows along the way.

Start now and let the feeling follow.

Mastery is not only about getting better at your craft, but also about finding ways to eliminate the obstacles, distractions, and other annoyances that prevent you from working on your craft.

Top performers find ways to spend as much time as possible on what matters and as little time as possible on what doesn't. It is not someone else's responsibility to create the conditions for success.

You have to actively work to eliminate the things that don't matter from your workload. If you haven't figured out how to do that, you haven't mastered your craft.

The information you consume each day is the soil from which your future thoughts grow.

How does the information we consume affect our future thoughts?

What are some tips for consuming information effectively?

You will love whatever you pour your heart into. Passion follows commitment.

Anytime in my life when I have managed to go from a vision to a reality, the vision has not been a plan but a practice.

In other words, what matters is not having a vision, but rather making a habit of returning to and revising the vision. For the big things in my life, I'm always coming back to them week after week—sometimes day after day. As new information arrives, the vision gets updated. The dream becomes more crystallized over time. It's a habit of thinking about where you want to go with an ever-increasing degree of clarity.

You do not need a vision, you need the practice of envisioning.

What does it mean to live a healthy life?

I started asking this question when I decided that exercising and eating healthy, while important, is a painfully limited view of what it means to live a healthy life.

I would imagine that we'll be answering this question for the rest of our lives, but scroll through the carousel to see the answer I have today...

Healthy Life

The amateur does not know what to do.

The master knows what not to do.

There are thousands of time management apps and productivity gadgets. You'll find more calendars, reminders, and task lists than you know what to do with. But in my experience, the most effective and practical time management tips are simple.

When it comes to living a healthy and productive life, I do my best to focus on three time management tips...

-Eliminate half-work and focus deeply.
-Do the most important thing first.
-Stick to your schedule and build the habit, no matter how small the  accomplishment.

How have you managed your time better and accomplished more at work, at home, or in the gym?

Time Management

We've all been there...

You follow your diet religiously for a week and then break it with a weekend binge. You commit to working out more, hit the gym for two days, and then struggle to get off the couch after a long day of work. You set a vision for your career and get excited by the possibilities, only to get dragged down in evervday responsibilities and not return to your dream until months later.

I've been there too, but as time rolls on I'm beginning to realize something important:

Small hiccups don't make you a failure, they make you human. The most successful people in the world slip up on their habits too. What separates them isn't their willpower or motivation, it's their ability to get back on track quickly.
There will always be instances when following your regular routine is basically impossible. You don't need superhuman willpower, you just need strategies that can pull you back on track. Habit formation hinges on your ability to bounce back.

With that said, scroll through the carousel to learn seven strategies that vou can use to get back on track and bounce back right now...

Back on Track

A simple filter for managing your time: 

You're not focused enough unless you're mourning some of the things you're saying no to.

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