ATOMIC HABITS

ATOMIC HABITS

A BOOK SUMMARY

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Write three examples of good / healthy habits:

Write commas between them.

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Write three examples of bad/ unhealthy habits:

Write commas between them.

Listen to the excerpt from a book summary

And complete the gaps in the following slides according to what you heard.

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Changing your habits is tantamount to changing your life.

• tantamount to = the same as

• tantamount to = more important than

• tantamount to = less important than

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Habits can cause you harm or ______ (=drive or push) you forward.

• propel

• appel

• appeal

• propper

What are the two adjectives?

The author creates a guide for making good habits .... and bad habits ... .

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... and bad habits _________ .

• unappealing

• unappalling

What are the missing words?

He ... practical strategies that will show you how to form good habits, ... bad habits and master ... actions that lead to ... results.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

He is .... for his ability to distill complicated topics into simple systems.

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distil something (from/into something)

• to get the main ideas or facts from a much larger amount of information

• to describe all the ideas or facts in a detailed way

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According to the author:

Daily habits will more probably lead to success than rare transformations.

• True

• False

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The author claims that reaching your goals is as important as constant improvement and following your system.

• True

• False

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According to the author, missing a habit once or twice in a row is no big deal.

• True

• False

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When you want to form a new behaviour, ask four questions:

• How can I make it obvious?

• How can I make it easy?

• How can I make it attractive?

• How can I make it useful?

• How can I make it satisfying

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Cues or triggers for the desired behaviour are usually:

• time

• location

• a group of people

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Cravings are triggered by cues to which you assigned meaning, and habits are attractive if they satisfy your craving.

• True

• False

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MAKE IT AS EASY AS POSSIBLE:

"If you want to drink a glass of water as soon as you wake up, put the water on _________ before you go to bed.

• your kitchen table

• your shoes

• your nightstand

• one-night stand

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Write your own solution:

If you want to get out of bed without hitting snooze, ..... .

This is what the author suggests:

... put your alarm clock in a different room at the loudest possible setting.

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Write your own solution:

If you want to spend less time on social meadia, ..... .

The author suggests:

.... remove the social media apps from your phone.

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One of the best ways to build a new habit is to identify a current habit you already do each day and then stack your new behavior on top. This is called habit stacking.

• True

• False

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Does the author mention a habit stack YOU could include in your daily routine? If so, which one?

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Once you have got the ____ of the basic structure of habit stacking, you can work on chaining many small habits together.

get the ____ of something = to learn how to do something

• hand

• hang

• hung

Listen to the morning routine

Try to remember as much as possible

Listen to the afternoon routine

Try to remember as much as possible

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Have you got a similar morning or afternoon routine (habit stacking)? If so, describe it.

If you don't have any routine like this, try to think about some habits that you would like to create and write them down.

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The author suggests that It is a good idea to watch Netflix while running on the treadmill.

• True

• False

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Surround yourself with people who already have the habits.

We underestimate how much the habits of people around us ____ into us.

• soup

• soak

• soap

• souk

The Two-Minute Rule

The Two-Minute Rule states “When you start a new habit, it should take less than two minutes to do.”

You'll find that nearly any habit can be scaled down into a two-minute version:

“Read before bed each night” becomes “Read one page.”

“Do thirty minutes of yoga” becomes “Take out my yoga mat.”

The Two-Minure Rule

The idea is to make your habits as easy as possible to start.

Anyone can meditate for one minute or read one page. This is a powerful strategy because once you’ve started doing the right thing, it is much easier to continue doing it.

A new habit should not feel like a challenge. The actions that follow can be challenging, but the first two minutes should be easy.

For more information about the rule:

https://jamesclear.com/how-to-stop-procrastinating

Open Ended

1) Imagine your friend wants to improve his / her English skills, what advice would you give him / her?

2) Which good habits should he / she form?

3) What would be a good cue / trigger?

4) How could he make it more attractive?

5) How should he / she employ the "two-minute rule"?

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YOU DID IT!!!

This is the final slide.

Have you learned anything new? (vocabulary, insights...?)

How did you like the lesson? Was it useful / worth the effort?