The books mainly touch on Economics & Politics, Management Studies, Productivity & Life Management, Logic & Decision Theory, and Investment Theory. Snapshots of and Amazon.cn bestseller lists were captured in early 2014, and the 25 highest ranked titles in the designated “business” category on each website form the foundation for comparison. I hope you’ll enjoy it.The purpose of this thesis is to compare best-selling business literature in China and the US. I felt so inspired by the book that I wanted to share some of James Clear’s big ideas with you, in the form of this video. It’s a work in progress but I have been managing to stick to my health plan, meditate daily, keep a tidier home, and go for daily walks with my husband… Even while working toward an aggressive deadline. I just needed to set up the right system of small habits, and that would free me up to focus on my more essential tasks. I realized that maintaining all the different aspects of my life didn’t have to represent a monumental effort. In the book Atomic Habits, James Clear opened up my mind to a new way of thinking.

I’ve always tried to strike that work-life balance, but there just never seemed to be enough time to do it all. It’s hard to enjoy a hard-fought work win when you look up to find that your house is a complete disaster, you’ve put on ten pounds, and your family has forgotten what you look like. The down side of having that trait is that victories can feel hollow.

Whether I’m reaching for a work goal or trying to master a new hobby… there are never any half measures with me. (Make sure to check out our summary of Dan Pink’s “The Power of Regret”, which came next.) I chose Atomic Habits first for reasons that hit close to home. James Clear’s Atomic Habits is the first of several books that we summarized in our new BookBoards video series.

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