EXPERIMENT: A new way to apply ideas from books
There’s no need to figure it all out on your own anymore.
In the past, you'd read a book and then have to work out how to apply it to your own situation — picking out the parts that seemed useful and trying to adapt them manually.
Now, you can just hand the whole thing over to AI.
Give it your context — what you're trying to learn, where you're stuck, what matters to you — and it can blend the best ideas from different books into something that perfectly fits your life.
That’s what this experiment is about.
WHY COMBINE ATOMIC HABITS + THE FIRST 20 HOURS ?
If you’ve ever wanted to learn something new but couldn’t stick with it — or had the motivation, but didn’t know where to start — this hybrid system is for you.
- James Clear’s Atomic Habits gives you the mechanics of behaviour change. It’s about embedding change into your identity and daily environment so you can keep going effortlessly.
- Josh Kaufman’s The First 20 Hours gives you the blueprint for rapid skill acquisition. It’s about how to start strong and get over the painful early hump of learning anything new — fast.
By combining them, we’re creating a framework that makes new learning:
- Quick to begin (no overthinking, just action)
- Easy to maintain (habit-forming systems, not willpower)
- Emotionally satisfying (immediate wins, visible progress)
- Flexible and personal (tailored to what you want to learn)
With the below tools, you can take what’s useful, skip what’s not, and start putting it into practice straight away.
Hope it’s helpful! Let me know your thoughts here → FORM
The 20-Hour Habit Builder
OVERVIEW: HOW THE HYBRID SYSTEM WORKS
GUIDE: 20-HOUR HABIT BUILDER
WORKSHEET: 20-HOUR ATOMIC HABIT BUILDER
CHEATSHEET: 20-HOUR HABIT BUILDER CHEAT SHEET
This is v1.0. The next version will include an AI tool to help you implement the principles more easily.
What do you think should in v2.0? Make your suggestions here → FORM
