Mastering Habits for Long-Term Success

Atomic Habits by James Clear

Chapter 1: The Surprising Power of Tiny Habits

  • “Success is the product of daily habits—not once-in-a-lifetime transformations.
  • You should be far more concerned with your current trajectory than with your current results.
  • Your outcomes are a lagging measure of your habits. Your net worth is a lagging measure of your financial habits. Your weight is a lagging measure of your eating habits. Your knowledge is a lagging measure of your learning habits. Your clutter is a lagging
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Ethical Principles in Professions

Bayles
Necessary conditions for a profession

1. Extensive training (knowledge)
2. Intellectual training (guidance on how to use knowledge)
3. Provides important services to society
Barber
Account of professional behavior
1. Generalized and systematic knowledge
2. Works b/c community devotion, not self-interest
3. Discipline/field self-polices using codes of ethics
4. Rewards system (monetary and honorary)
Utilitarianism
ULTIMATE VALUE = happiness
Bentham says happiness is more pleasure, less pain; Mill says
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The Role of Education and Religion in Society

Education

When some people consciously teach, while others adopt the role of learner in socialization.

Secularization

Religion becomes private while other social institutions maintain sets of norms, independent of religious guidance.

In the past few decades, increasing proportions of people obtained high school diplomas, college degrees, and advanced professional degrees. Education has become a vast and complex social institution that prepares citizens for the roles demanded by other social institutions,

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The Sophists, Socrates, and Theoretical Philosophy

The Sophists (Protagoras of Abdera, Gorgias)

Were traveling (foreigners, metecos) teachers of rhetoric (the art of using argumentation and discourse effectively to convince others)
Charged for their services
Did not follow a specific ‘school’ but shared similar beliefs
Taught pupils how to use the power of persuasive speech (making the weakest argument seem like the strongest)
Goal to teach pupils how to become powerful
Justice and right and wrong are whatever those in power say they are, nothing more.
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1. INTRO: ECONOMICS:Comes from the Greek Word oikonomos that means one who manage a household. In fact, is the study of the society resources as they are scarce in order to allocate them among its members taking into account each member abilities, effort and desires. PRINCIPLES:1. People face trade-offs: To get one thing we have to give up another one. TV or study. 2. The cost of something is what we give up to get it: we have to compare costs. 3. Rational people think at the margin: a decision

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historia

1. differences between renaissance and neoclassical period
renaissance artists employed more natural and expressive nude sculptures of art while neoclassical artists incorporated ornamental elements in their work, also, the renaissance period opened gateways to new ideas and developments, while the neoclassicism period was focused on retaining the Age of Enlightenment
2. characteristics of neoclassicism period
1. it was focused around the Grand tour which was meant to educate about European influences
2.
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