Young and Profiting with Hala Taha
Business:Entrepreneurship
James Clear grew up dreaming of becoming a professional baseball player. But after suffering a serious head injury from being hit in the face with a baseball bat in high school, he had to regroup and figure out how best to play the cards he had been dealt. Thanks to his diligent work ethic, he rebounded to become a college pitcher before embarking on a career as a writer, blogger, best-selling author, and expert on habits. In today’s episode, James will share his story, the rocky road to his bestselling book Atomic Habits, and how you can break your worst habits.
James Clear has been writing at JamesClear.com about habits, decision-making, and continuous improvement since 2012. He is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller, Atomic Habits, which has sold millions of copies worldwide and has been translated into more than 50 languages. His popular "3-2-1" email newsletter is sent out weekly to more than 1 million subscribers.
In this episode, Hala and James will discuss:
- The accident that changed his life
- His accomplishments on the ball field
- How to incorporate habit stacking into your routines
- His journey from blogging to best-selling book
- How he built his successful email newsletter
- Making habits research accessible to readers
- The runaway success of Atomic Habits
- His next book project
- Habits as the compound interest of improvement
- The importance of identity-based habits
- Why fixating on goals can be unhealthy
- How to break a bad habit
- And other topics…
James Clear has been writing at JamesClear.com about habits, decision-making, and continuous improvement since 2012. He is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller, Atomic Habits, which has sold millions of copies worldwide and has been translated into more than 50 languages. Clear is a regular speaker at Fortune 500 companies and his work has been featured in places like Time magazine, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and on CBS This Morning. His popular "3-2-1" email newsletter is sent out weekly to more than 1 million subscribers.
Resources Mentioned:
James’s Website: https://jamesclear.com/
James’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesclear/
James’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/JamesClear
James’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jamesclear/
James’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jamesclear/
James’s Newsletter (The 3-2-1 Newsletter): https://jamesclear.com/3-2-1
James’s Masterclass (Small Habits that Make a Big Impact on Your Life): https://www.masterclass.com/classes/small-habits-that-make-a-big-impact-on-your-life
James’s book, Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones: https://www.amazon.com/Atomic-Habits-Proven-Build-Break/dp/0735211299
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