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Today, Commander Divine speaks with James Clear, the best-selling author of Atomic Habits (which has sold over 5 million copies). James discusses his process for writing and content creation, the joys and pitfalls of notoriety, how to position yourself for success, and a behind-the-scenes look of how he\u2019s built his audience of over 1 million subscribers.

Key Takeaways: When you\u2019re struggling creatively, don\u2019t write more \u2013 read more. Writing is like driving a car; reading is like filling your car up with gas. You need both to get anywhere on your journey. Be careful who you follow. When you choose who to follow online, you\u2019re choosing your future thoughts \u2013 choose wisely.

Consistency is the most important practice for better writing. James prefers to not be dependent on a single circumstance to be able to write. As long as you\u2019re doing the work, you don\u2019t have to get hung up on having a specific routine. Ask yourself: How can you give people the highest value in the easiest way possible? When you apply this philosophy to every area of your business, it\u2019s hard not to get better results.

A lot of success comes from good positioning. Take advantage of external forces that work in your favor, create work that keeps working for you after it\u2019s done, and choose work that has a limited downside and an unlimited upside.

You don\u2019t need things to go perfectly all the time when you have a lot of really strong forces working in your favor.

Quotes:

\u201cPretty much every idea that you have is downstream from what you consume\u201d \u201cThis is one of the huge benefits of having an email list and audience\u2026 Not only do you have an audience to launch a podcast or a product to, but it\u2019s also live testing\u2026 I knew by the time I signed my book deal that these were the top 20 ideas that did really well\u201d \u201cI put all this pressure on myself to spend more time writing, but it ironically got worse.\xa0

If the writing isn\u2019t good enough, if I feel like I\u2019m struggling to come up with something creative, I actually don\u2019t need to spend more time writing \u2013 I need to spend more time reading.\u201d \u201cComing up with good ideas is mostly reading more and crafting good information flows.\u201d \u201cWriting is one of the ultimate forms of delayed gratification.\u201d

\u201cJust keep showing up and banging the rock with the hammer, keep shipping, and you\u2019ll eventually break through\u201d\xa0

\u201cHaving specific calls to action to a well-designed page and backing all of that up with really exceptional work is the 80/20 of it all \u2013 that\u2019s the stuff that drives the majority of the outcomes.\u201d\xa0

\u201cStrategy is mostly about positioning yourself well to benefit from external forces.\u201d\xa0

\u201cThere\u2019s a chance for anyone, regardless of industry or project, to position yourself in a way where your hard work is multiplied and you get more value out of each unit of effort\u201d\xa0

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