What to Read After
What to Read After Atomic Habits
If Atomic Habits gave you a useful starting language for repeated action, these directions take a different part of that interest further.
Start from
Atomic Habits
by James Clear
This is the starting book whose unanswered questions lead to the three distinct directions below.
Choose a direction, not a substitute
Protect attention
How can attention survive a distracted environment?
Deep Work
by Cal Newport
Move from small repeated action to the conditions needed for longer, demanding concentration.
Examine repeated behaviour
What else shapes repeated behaviour besides a routine?
The Power of Habit
Duhigg offers a different explanatory account of habit, including organisational and social contexts.
Stay with feedback
How do I interpret feedback and setbacks while I am learning?
Mindset
Move from shaping repeated action to how feedback and setbacks are interpreted while learning. Dweck’s familiar framework is a useful starting lens, not a final account of ability.