Atomic Habits by James Clear

A book that many times came up in my recommended books on Audible, it was also recommended by Jennifer Fonseca. She is certainly someone whose opinion and considerations I value much heavier than the typical person. If the book impacted her, I wanted to read it. Then I finished the audiobook and caught up with a good friend of mine, Jaime Verd. He shared the impact that the book had on him also. I knew that I had made a great investment by going through this book not only because of the relatability I now had by finishing a book that others have as well, I learned a lot also.

Wow do I ever love this quotation. Don’t fake it until you make it, fake it until you become it.

“To write a great book, you must first become the book.” — Naval Ravikant

I loved this preface and I find it incredibly relevant. I agree. Human behaviors are fluid and nobody is going to be the same in every situation — it’s impossible. Being authentic is one thing but most of us have enough EQ to understand that people are unique and that saying something one way to one person is not going to have the same impact or result when we say it to someone else.

Human behaviors always change, situation to situation, moment to moment, second to second. This book is about the fundamentals of human behavior.