Atomic Habits & Language Learning

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Throughout his book, Atomic Habits, James Clear makes the point that small actions can, over time, have a major impact on outcomes. Developing good habits is more important than focusing on long term goals.
Atomic Habits summary by author James Clear: jamesclear.com/atomic-habits-...
0:00 What you do every day matters more than your goal.
3:00 the cumulative effect of small actions in language learning.
4:36 The four steps of a habit according to James Clear: cue, craving, response and reward.
8:07 Atomic Habits supports the importance of measuring your activity when learning a language.
9:07 The power of identity-based habits.
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[@Thelinguist]

The app I use to learn languages -> bit.ly/3DfTJcX My 10 FREE secrets to language learning -> www.thelinguist.com Have you read Atomic Habits? What did you find useful?

[@iakguui976]

Steve, what's your mother language ??

[@CouchPolyglot]

"Atomic habits" was the book that motivated me to learn Italian (with a "ten minutes a day" rule) and also to create my KZbin channel! This book changed the way I see goals, you just need to take it one step at a time, then you will do "tiny changes" and over time get "remarkable results", as the subtitle of the book already indicates :)

[@jernjustyle]

omg wow3 i saw that u have interview him in ur channel.I am learning English hopefully to be fluent soon,my native language is Thai.

[@douaabm9179]

How can I learn italian

[@gabriellawrence6598]

I remember you mentioning this book on your channel.

[@CouchPolyglot]

@@douaabm9179 I have used the channel "Italiano Automatico" a lot, if you speak no romance language, maybe take some online lessons first to get the basics. Hope it helps :)

[@gauhargauhar5201]

Your channel is wonderful 🎉❤ I’m learning Italian as well on my coach 😅and da tre mesi ho raggiunto B2

[@transmathematica]

On Identity. After learning Chinese for a few years, in England, a Chinese person told me I am Chinese because I have Chinese characteristics - I speak Chinese, know Chinese history and geography, and celebrate Chinese festivals. I decided that I am indeed Chinese (as well as Scottish, British, and European). Now I don’t bother with Chinese courses and curricula, I don’t bother trying to replicate my English vocabulary and skills, I just explore the Chinese that arises naturally in my Chinese life! I told one of my Chinese conversationalists about this and she decided to be English. Now, when we chat, an English person speaks Chinese really well and a Chinese person speaks English really well. It’s a blast!

[@HowToDrip]

Atomic Habits might literally be one of the most important texts ever written. It has truly been a game changer for me. It has helped me lose weight, learn Russian, get physically stronger, sleep better, etc.

[@MissJoNaomi]

Me too! Along with bullet journaling. Game changers

[@TadParker]

Dude, Kaizen philosophy described this stuff ages ago.

[@seanlewellyn3886]

Steve, thank you for taking time to make videos like this. They are so helpful for keeping me motivated and inspired!

[@ashanemclean]

Learning a lot from your videos Steve, thanks so much for all the work you're doing!

[@although4815]

I love this channel! Steve gives us precious tips, and at the same time, he teaches us how to learn!

[@MrGilperc]

I really enjoyed this video and found it very inspirational. I have read most of the book and like how you tie it to language learning. I'm not trying to learn... I'm a language learner. Great way to view language acquisition!

[@ChristineV5]

You are a great motivator. Your content is so informative. Thank you Steve for all that you do to inspire, aid and motivate.

[@tobeclear4021]

Steve说的很有道理，感谢分享！Have a nice day

[@petrosstefanidis6396]

I absolutely had this "Plateau of Latent Potential" experience with talking! After reading and reading and a lot of listening, the right circumstance came for me to speak and boom. All of a sudden I was surprisingly able to articulate my thoughts. As for those who's target is to "get rich" what you lack is not atomic habits. Stop admiring assholes in the first place. That should help.

[@kajilai]

Thanks for the insight & wisdom

[@gilliantracy7991]

"Atomic Habits" is indeed a great book. Thank you for tying it to language learning. I'll apply this to my learning German!

[@antsoryayes4011]

thanks for illustrating this book in terms of language learning...it really is true and habits are small steps in achieving any goals

[@MirajMirajMiraj]

Just a word of support for your brother. I hope he will get better soon.💛 And thank you for the new video, all your videos are so inspiring✨

[@carolinekofahl8867]

I needed that - thank you 😊💐

[@PolyglotSecrets]

No way!! I'm currently reading the book (I got it in Portuguese), but I'm still in the initial chapters. It's super useful to have a summary by you, Steve. Thanks!

[@readandinvest]

Great video! Love the quality and the content. Keep up the good work!😀

[@greenfocus7552]

Enjoyed every bit of your speech. Thanks for introducing a really useful book.

[@simaoferrazferraz5295]

Thanks Mr Steve. I appreciate your explanation too much.

[@luisloarias]

Incredible. I am reading this book. It is awesome. So important for our language process and for other aspects in our life

[@foxstamps]

Yes! This has very much been my experience with language acquisition. It's important to develop study habits that work for us and to stick with it, learning a little bit at a time for a long time. Thomas Monson once said, "When performance is measured, performance improves. When performance is measured and reported, the rate of improvement accelerates."

[@aly4243]

your videos never fail to motivate me everyday thank you for making them

[@author9]

Very important subject, and very very helpful. Thank you very much

[@xtaltheo170]

Thanks! Some really important points, good job!

[@alonsoal6420]

This book is very useful and practical. Excellent recommendation. Greetings from Mexico.

[@Sara-bo3mc]

I really like the way you explain things thanks

[@analogpark8059]

I too found this audiobook very stimulating with regard to language learning practice (as well as the French version, 'Un rien peut tout changer').

[@ashleykindheartministries]

This is so good!! Thankyou!❤️

[@dylan4331]

Thanks for your sharing❤

[@tedc9682]

Thank you for sharing your insights. The book sounds valuable. I do a minimum every day: 20 minutes of reading, an hour of listening. I haven't missed a day in 7 months. Other things might be different each day. I have not encountered any sudden breakthrough, but I notice improvement all the time: there are more words I can read, more spoken sentences I understand. Maybe I'll never be fluent. It doesn't matter. I'm a language learner.

[@mohamedaminegwada8986]

Absolutely dr. I hered about this book even I didn't read it but you represent me a good full summary of it, and the most crucial thing by your side is to do slight things, and that good against to do nothing, thus, I do my four basic skills of English every day , they become like habits for me as this book told such are: reading, listening, writing, and speaking

[@dmitryprivate6558]

I use the method described in the book for learning to procrastinate. I procrastinate more and more every day. Pretty soon I will procrastinate the entire time.

[@brightcallclasswithvinay3871]

I watch your videos for improving my English. This video is so helpful, How can a small task brings big changes. Thank so much 💓

[@ArchanaWasanik]

Hi Master of the languahes, I am Ashok wasnikfrom India. i am very thankful to you about your the most valuable and excellent lessons in term of a english langiage. According to me every native speaker is allready a fluent in his own language. If somebody want to become a fluent for other languages, he must become a child of those languages.

[@lukerobson4962]

That was great advice. Thankyou

[@LonelysnaiL21]

Got some motivation.Thank you.

[@flushjackson9545]

It’s a great book. I’d like to sit here and say I’ve applied it all, but the biggest takeaway that I have applied is consistent effort no matter how small is useful. I could stand to give it a re-read and perhaps little by little apply more of it to my process.

[@iamrichlol]

A great book. thank you for this video, reminded me of the solid principles

[@artlandiaarchitekti5129]

Hi Steve, great videos, I'd like to point out a topic I haven't seen covered anywhere about language learning. I have struggled with procrastination for years, I do creative work (architect) and the only good solution that works for me in the fight against procrastination is the so-called controlled procrastination (I invented the term for myself :)) It consists in the fact that every time I procrastinate, I do it at least purposefully and by learning a language, currently Spanish. And I have to say that I'm making fast progress (I study for two or three hours a day) ... and therefore Spanish is becoming my first procrastinated language :) Just as a suggestion for a possible topic ... have a nice day, Pavel

[@tanudwivedi6634]

Thank you so much sir.

[@kirangurung3108]

I am a language learner.. wow…very well said. That’s why I like KZbin channel.

[@AddinPrast]

Thanks Professor

[@semihtuncer12]

Thanks Steve

[@warrenbaldwin6366]

Very helpful, thank you. Now following your page.

[@konstantinr7193]

great video , thank you Steve

[@oswaldocaminos8431]

What an amazing and fantastic video, full of insightful strategies for learning and improving habits. Thanks a lot Steve. Greetings from the underground.🤝🍀

[@mub9075]

Atomic habits is a great source of input too, translated into various languages and available as an audio book in many of them.

[@highlevellistening]

Very interesting and helpful for language learning, thanks!

[@patryk3852]

Thanks Steve 🇵🇱

[@shrirangchuyekar6665]

Best 💐👌👌👌 Thank you 🙏🙏🙏

[@wsudance85]

My students need to watch this over and over again.

[@mirzafasiondesignerpopular1374]

You really great speaker,I wud elaborate my language skills far more as I do presently 👍

[@elizabethruizosio4767]

Muchas gracias por esto. 💕

[@margomarshall6754]

Interesting! Thank you!

[@budekins542]

Excellent advice.

[@ShyGuyTravel]

Credit to Steve for the consistency of his videos which funnily enough are a great cue to get back on to language learning!

[@husseinhashim1973]

My Hero Steve We Love you

[@belkacembelkacem8056]

Thank you my teacher ☺️ on a book

[@saidfarid6382]

Hello Professor Thank you so much for your help and advice, I do appreciate your job. I wish you peace and happness under the sky of prosperity. All the best. Take care and have a good time. Your Student from Algeria.

[@samiskand208]

Nice advices thanks teacher

[@RaeesKhan-bi4eh]

Enlightening vedio on gist of book on "Atomic Habits" & its Application to" Language Learning" It has given new dimension to Language learning👍

[@merrell-skysea]

I love ur channel, good job

[@rogeriolopes6297]

Very good! Thanks!

[@speakrussian6779]

Endurance and discipline - that only habits you need for learning foreign languages! 😀

[@CaptainWumbo]

I read a little each day. I am interested in what I'm reading, so it's easy to keep doing. It's possible to form habits around things that are very grueling. Some people go very hard on flashcards even when they find them exhausting. It's better to form a habit around something enjoyable if at all possible, as even a habit you've done for months will be given up if it's not interesting. Or it will make you miserable. I try to limit my commitment to what I can do on my worst days. That way I don't lose habits to lost sleep or other problems. I think it's about 10 minutes to a half hour. It's nice to do more if you have a lot of energy and enthusiasm, but it's better not to push to do a lot every day if your circumstances aren't very stable.

[@MrHellsing2002]

Tiny habit is also highly recommend

[@gsmty8907]

thanks a lot

[@claudiadumitru2465]

Salutari din Romania! Greetings from Romania!!! 🍀🥰🍀

[@prodge888]

ありがとうございます

[@hanteli6078]

Yes it helps

[@emiliaberianidze5205]

Hello from Georgia🇬🇪🙂

[@aliettydominguez4753]

thanks!

[@ariohandoyo5973]

Creat a positive habits by watching or reading in the languange that we learning in my case, i'm an English learner so, i always watching youtube videos that is good habit.😁

[@innocentodeny6882]

Am learning french fir 10 minutes. It's my 147 day as we speak. Je suis très content 😊

[@husseinhassan4960]

Nice ideas

[@jalessonsantosmathias]

Nice Steve!! That's just what I do with my Serbian/Croatian, Dakota, Tagalog, Eastern Armenian and Classical Armenian, Kannada, Turkish, Catalan and Hebrew^^. "Consistency-Habits-Patterns-Everyday"

[@LesserMoffHootkins]

I hate you

[@phantomx2003]

Great info. What are your thoughts on listening to your target language as you sleep?

[@ana221276]

Happy life for you 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@natanael1513]

Muito Bom!! o seu inglês não é muito complicado de entender. O meu inglês é de "padaria"/ruim, tenho bastante dificuldade em entender.. mas aos pouquinhos vai indo. Espero pode conversar com outras pessoas em inglês, daqui 2~3 anos por aí.

[@greglocker2124]

I made a habit of reading graded reader books on tadoku for 1-2 hours a day. Felt like I was making no progress after two weeks, and then I looked at my download history. Basically, I went from 1-2 books at level 0 per day to around 3-5 books at level 1 per day. I'm expecting an insanely intense plateau any moment now for various boring, Japanese specific reasons, but that's fine because that's how it is when you do something that's difficult. Anyways, point is that habits are powerful because they allow you to do less hard work. The cost is spending energy into discipline, but that's a great deal because it's cheaper overall.

[@sophiaentzminger5011]

I bought/read this book in Spanish. :)

[@suzanaquivotacabeto5125]

Hi from Angola 🇦🇴

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Hello from 🇱🇾

[@askalina4860]

Hello from Morocco 🇲🇦

[@harrypearle9781]

TIME (Spelled backwards is EMIT) Learning takes time, much time, but we may feel it is a CLICK away. (Our CELL Phone absorb information almost instantly, so why can we? It's nuts!) NUTS spelled backwards is STUN. We wish we could stun people with instant learning!

[@harrypearle9781]

thanks so much Steve. Well done for learning, in general... BWELL

[@arshadkhan2412]

Subscribed

[@azathothdreaming9180]

I recommend book Tiny habits by BJ. Fogg.

[@polyglotsjourney]

One of the most amazing books I have read indeed. James Clear really wrote a masterpiece 😍 Good habits are the cornerstone of every success. That works for language learning as well, just like you said.

[@michelgolabaigne595]

Salut Steve, merci d'avoir mentionné ce livre que je possède depuis au moins 4 ans et que je n'ai jamais lu... :) Dans ce livre, l'auteur vend une ancienne vérité d'Aristote, Lao Tse, Confucius etc. que la sagesse vient de l'habitude et non de l'effort intellectuel... C'est un fait incontestable, mais un problème fondamental demeure, à savoir la qualité de ces habitudes... Pourriez-vous s'il vous plaît soulever ce problème un jour ? Merci pour vos précieuses vidéos Salutations de Vienne très nuageuse...

[@Sam-nb1rm]

I read the book a year ago. Thanks so much for helping me revisit the core ideas in it and putting the ideas in the aspect of language learning!

[@samuelfernandes9048]

Hello from Brasil

[@knw-seeker6836]

Thanks Steve for the explanation of the book in relation to atomic habits This might be a little off topic But could you elaborate on how you read nonfiction and how to remember it?

[@Thelinguist]

We read fiction for enjoyment Non-fiction we understand as we read it, and then forge a lot of the details. As with language learning, we have to cover the same material via many different sources and from different angles. Eventually the picture becomes clearer.

[@knw-seeker6836]

@@Thelinguist thank you so much for the reply much appreciated that fits perfectly in what the learning scientist’s say Just was curious about your reading process

[@kyozoraff5558]

good

[@Frankybeanselevators]

I understand how to subscribe, but how would one go about getting the Belford Notifications?

[@jamespaul4618]

2:00 small habits practiced consistently every day = key to success. 8:00 a lower level of activity consistently practiced every day is much better than binging mutiple hours after missing a couple of days. the cumulative affect of small actions is very large.

[@MrA5htaroth]

This could have been much more specific in terms of discussing the mechanism of language learning rather than simply detailing Clear's theory while saying "language learning" every second or third sentence.

[@adarsh_p16]

Hello from India 🇮🇳

[@merahaziza6732]

Hi Iam from Algeria🇩🇿🇩🇿

[@peppermint6691]

Hello Steve . I have a question for you . I'm just thinking about to become a polyglot like you . I searched everything and found the answer what I need . But one question still unanswered please tell me " is polyglot really have fluency in everything like they can understand whole conversation between people and spoke out their mind or they just familiar with that language "? What level of mastering I should need before switched to other language ? And how much time I need to become a polyglot . Do that level help me earnings money ?