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Power Habits: 101 Life Lessons & Success Habits of Great Leaders, Business Icons and Inspirational Achievers
There are Only Two Types of Habits: The Good and the Bad
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”
Aristotle
We are the sum of all our habits. Small habits we repeat day after day, week after week, year after year. Small habits that have turned us into who we are today and that will determine who we will become in the future. This goes for all our habits, the good ones, as well as the bad ones – from working out and reading books to smoking and boozing. This book will focus on the positive ones - habits and life lessons that will turn us into better men and women, habits that will transform our lives – real Power Habits.
Your Habits Determine Where You End Up in Life!
This book is designed to give you an exclusive insight into the minds, and habits of some of the greatest people in the history of the world. A book for aspiring entrepreneurs, students, or anyone interested to learn from the best.
Take a close look at the peaceful habits and inspirational beliefs of Mahatma Gandhi.
Find out how Julius Caesar seized power by taking action and not waiting for permission.
Learn how Warren Buffet keeps emotions out of the decision making process
Discover the one Power Habit that took the life of Jay-Z from street corner to corner office.
Find out what Life Lesson Dennis Hopper picked up from legendary actor James Dean.
Figure out a little known habit James Bond is using for more energy and increased testosterone.
Take a look at one very powerful daily habit Winston Churchill picked up in the military.
Learn why Muhammad Ali even would have been the world's greatest garbage man.
Skyrocket Your Life By Learning 101 GREAT Habits From History’s Greatest Leaders and Thinkers!
Power Habits is a collection of 101 secrets on how to build powerful habits from men and women who have implemented them and found great success. You will learn Life Habits, Success Habits, Motivational Habits, Rich Habits, Productive Habits, Creative Habits, Fit & Healthy Habits, Social Habits and Minimalistic Habits!
The 101 Power Habits presented in this book, come from some of the greatest and most inspiring people that have ever stepped foot on this planet.
Political leaders like Benjamin Franklin and John F. Kennedy.
Emperors like Julius Caesar and Napoleon.
Business icons like John D. Rockefeller and Sir Richard Branson.
Athletes like Michael Jordan and Muhammad Ali.
Writers like Ernest Hemingway and Mark Twain
And so many more ...
All of them are part of an elite group of highly successful people. All of them got there by cultivating little habits that they repeated over and over again. Little habits that didn’t require any special talent, just motivation, will power, and discipline.
This book will show what is needed for you to live the good life – the life you have always dreamed of.
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”
Aristotle
We are the sum of all our habits. Small habits we repeat day after day, week after week, year after year. Small habits that have turned us into who we are today and that will determine who we will become in the future. This goes for all our habits, the good ones, as well as the bad ones – from working out and reading books to smoking and boozing. This book will focus on the positive ones - habits and life lessons that will turn us into better men and women, habits that will transform our lives – real Power Habits.
Your Habits Determine Where You End Up in Life!
This book is designed to give you an exclusive insight into the minds, and habits of some of the greatest people in the history of the world. A book for aspiring entrepreneurs, students, or anyone interested to learn from the best.
Take a close look at the peaceful habits and inspirational beliefs of Mahatma Gandhi.
Find out how Julius Caesar seized power by taking action and not waiting for permission.
Learn how Warren Buffet keeps emotions out of the decision making process
Discover the one Power Habit that took the life of Jay-Z from street corner to corner office.
Find out what Life Lesson Dennis Hopper picked up from legendary actor James Dean.
Figure out a little known habit James Bond is using for more energy and increased testosterone.
Take a look at one very powerful daily habit Winston Churchill picked up in the military.
Learn why Muhammad Ali even would have been the world's greatest garbage man.
Skyrocket Your Life By Learning 101 GREAT Habits From History’s Greatest Leaders and Thinkers!
Power Habits is a collection of 101 secrets on how to build powerful habits from men and women who have implemented them and found great success. You will learn Life Habits, Success Habits, Motivational Habits, Rich Habits, Productive Habits, Creative Habits, Fit & Healthy Habits, Social Habits and Minimalistic Habits!
The 101 Power Habits presented in this book, come from some of the greatest and most inspiring people that have ever stepped foot on this planet.
Political leaders like Benjamin Franklin and John F. Kennedy.
Emperors like Julius Caesar and Napoleon.
Business icons like John D. Rockefeller and Sir Richard Branson.
Athletes like Michael Jordan and Muhammad Ali.
Writers like Ernest Hemingway and Mark Twain
And so many more ...
All of them are part of an elite group of highly successful people. All of them got there by cultivating little habits that they repeated over and over again. Little habits that didn’t require any special talent, just motivation, will power, and discipline.
This book will show what is needed for you to live the good life – the life you have always dreamed of.
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Published April 1, 2016
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June 28, 2016
This book contains lots of good habits in bite sized chunks (often just over a page for each habit) although some did feel a bit rushed in terms of their explanation. An easy read.
June 23, 2025
An amazing book which provides the readers with 101 life lessons & success habits of great leaders business icons and inspirational achievers that leaves a powerful impact on an individual's life. The best part about this book is how it motivates you to celebrate your achievements and focus on good things rather than wasting time or giving up. It also shares about some rich habits where it says that one should know what you spend so that you can have a emergency funding saved. The author skillfully shares how to spend less and build passive income. The language used is rich and lucid, easy for all age groups to understand.
It also highlights certain important productive, creative, fit & healthy, social habits that gives insight into the minds, and habits of the greatest people in the history of the world.. At the end of every chapter which includes a habit, the author explains why you should do it. The writing style along with the narration is amazing, typically keeping the readers hooked throughout. If you're looking for something interesting and helpful to learn good habits from the best, this is a must pick for you or anyone you know. Highly recommended.
It also highlights certain important productive, creative, fit & healthy, social habits that gives insight into the minds, and habits of the greatest people in the history of the world.. At the end of every chapter which includes a habit, the author explains why you should do it. The writing style along with the narration is amazing, typically keeping the readers hooked throughout. If you're looking for something interesting and helpful to learn good habits from the best, this is a must pick for you or anyone you know. Highly recommended.
June 15, 2017
Lots of good habits listed but not really anything new (to me). Good reminders though!
August 5, 2019
Very eye Opening
Highly Recommend reading it, but most importantly would be to implemented some of the Power Habits that fits your life style.
Highly Recommend reading it, but most importantly would be to implemented some of the Power Habits that fits your life style.
May 19, 2016
They say don't judge a book by it's cover, but for this book what you see on the cover is pretty much what you get. The book has 101 chapters, one for each successful individual and their most powerful habit. It has the curiosity of Albert Einstein, the focus of Anthony Robbins, the time efficiency of Henry Ford, the visualisation of Ronaldinho, all the way to the reason why James Bond take cold showers.
The book analyses what makes the likes of Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Elon Musk and Richard Branson successful, but it also discusses the winning formula for South Park writers, Oprah Winfrey, Bruce Lee, Kobe Bryant, and fictional characters such as Jason Bourne and fight club's Tyler Durden. Moreover, between the successful people and their amazing stories there are the inspiring Lao Tzu, Aristotle, Socrates, Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela and Dalai Lama. While every once in a while you'll get pleasantly surprised by the individual that pops up in the next chapter, like Kanye West.
Yes, the book is serious, inspiring, and fun at the same time. It's a bite size read with each chapter consists of only 2-3 pages, which makes it easy to digest. Furthermore, the 101 chapters are categorised into 9 sections (life habits, success habits, motivational habits, rich habits, productive habits, creative habits, fit and healthy habits, social habits, and minimalistic habits), and they are all written in such a concise way that the entire book looks like a long note consisting only the important things.
One habit that stuck with me throughout was the fact that almost every successful people - from JFK to Warren Buffett to Mark Zuckerberg - read a lot of books, with the author himself keep on referring to some of the best books to make his points across. Another common habit that stuck in my head is how efficient and simplified they actually are (especially Benjamin Franklin and Leonardo Da Vinci), and how systematic they are (especially Winston Churchill and Ernest Hemingway).
I didn't really like the rich habits section, however, as it sounds too Robert Kiyosaki-centrist cult of get rich with passive income cliché, while seemingly undermining any other professions (while in reality successful professional "employees" like lawyers and investment bankers can make way more money than entrepreneurs making passive income from an amateurish startup - it's all relative. And many vocational callings cannot even be measured by money, like teachers, scientists and doctors). And that explains the 4 stars. But to be fair, in retrospect, the get rich habits section may be very useful for twenty-something who are just starting out in the real world (hence, I'd give 4 1/2 stars if only Amazon still have it).
All in all, it is an entertaining book, easy to read, but yet very resourceful at the same time. I'm going to take more stairs than lifts from now on, will try Salvador Dali's method of power nap, will slowly targeting myself to be able to read like Tai Lopez, will organise my mornings like Howard Schultz, will keep practising my craft until it's perfect like The Beatles, and will do it all with the confidence of Muhammad Ali.
The book analyses what makes the likes of Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Elon Musk and Richard Branson successful, but it also discusses the winning formula for South Park writers, Oprah Winfrey, Bruce Lee, Kobe Bryant, and fictional characters such as Jason Bourne and fight club's Tyler Durden. Moreover, between the successful people and their amazing stories there are the inspiring Lao Tzu, Aristotle, Socrates, Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela and Dalai Lama. While every once in a while you'll get pleasantly surprised by the individual that pops up in the next chapter, like Kanye West.
Yes, the book is serious, inspiring, and fun at the same time. It's a bite size read with each chapter consists of only 2-3 pages, which makes it easy to digest. Furthermore, the 101 chapters are categorised into 9 sections (life habits, success habits, motivational habits, rich habits, productive habits, creative habits, fit and healthy habits, social habits, and minimalistic habits), and they are all written in such a concise way that the entire book looks like a long note consisting only the important things.
One habit that stuck with me throughout was the fact that almost every successful people - from JFK to Warren Buffett to Mark Zuckerberg - read a lot of books, with the author himself keep on referring to some of the best books to make his points across. Another common habit that stuck in my head is how efficient and simplified they actually are (especially Benjamin Franklin and Leonardo Da Vinci), and how systematic they are (especially Winston Churchill and Ernest Hemingway).
I didn't really like the rich habits section, however, as it sounds too Robert Kiyosaki-centrist cult of get rich with passive income cliché, while seemingly undermining any other professions (while in reality successful professional "employees" like lawyers and investment bankers can make way more money than entrepreneurs making passive income from an amateurish startup - it's all relative. And many vocational callings cannot even be measured by money, like teachers, scientists and doctors). And that explains the 4 stars. But to be fair, in retrospect, the get rich habits section may be very useful for twenty-something who are just starting out in the real world (hence, I'd give 4 1/2 stars if only Amazon still have it).
All in all, it is an entertaining book, easy to read, but yet very resourceful at the same time. I'm going to take more stairs than lifts from now on, will try Salvador Dali's method of power nap, will slowly targeting myself to be able to read like Tai Lopez, will organise my mornings like Howard Schultz, will keep practising my craft until it's perfect like The Beatles, and will do it all with the confidence of Muhammad Ali.
March 30, 2016
I received a free ePub copy from the author.
This is a good idea, but I have a few problems with it.
- The selection of people is diverse, but leans somewhat heavily on so-called self help gurus. Even Tai Lopez (the obnoxious YouTube ad guy who "reads" one book a day) is in there. Seriously, there wasn't a better person to opine on the value of reading? Not Bradbury or Tolstoy or Gaiman?
- The author's annotation and explanations are often dull and uninsightful. Ex: "According to Wikipedia, short-term solitude is often valued as a time when one may work, think or rest without being disturbed.” Come on.
- His tone is conversational, but often too "self-help-bro-ish". The section on Hugh Hefner, for example: “In his lifespan, he has probably slept with more beautiful women than any other man in the history of mankind. So I guess there is a thing or two every man can learn from history’s biggest playboy. Even if you don’t chase the idea of sleeping with hundreds of women in your life, the ideal of living your life with passion is something everyone can benefit from—even the ladies out there.”
Or in the section on Napoleon Hill and 'sexual transmutation":
“'Sex transmutation is... the switching of the mind from thoughts of physical expression, to thoughts of some other nature.'
So instead of watching porn and jacking off, use that energy to apply some of the Power Habits in this book instead.”
Couldn't there be a more delicate and effective - dare i say, professional - way of talking about that?
Still, it's a decent collection of insights from a wide variety of people from throughout history.
This is a good idea, but I have a few problems with it.
- The selection of people is diverse, but leans somewhat heavily on so-called self help gurus. Even Tai Lopez (the obnoxious YouTube ad guy who "reads" one book a day) is in there. Seriously, there wasn't a better person to opine on the value of reading? Not Bradbury or Tolstoy or Gaiman?
- The author's annotation and explanations are often dull and uninsightful. Ex: "According to Wikipedia, short-term solitude is often valued as a time when one may work, think or rest without being disturbed.” Come on.
- His tone is conversational, but often too "self-help-bro-ish". The section on Hugh Hefner, for example: “In his lifespan, he has probably slept with more beautiful women than any other man in the history of mankind. So I guess there is a thing or two every man can learn from history’s biggest playboy. Even if you don’t chase the idea of sleeping with hundreds of women in your life, the ideal of living your life with passion is something everyone can benefit from—even the ladies out there.”
Or in the section on Napoleon Hill and 'sexual transmutation":
“'Sex transmutation is... the switching of the mind from thoughts of physical expression, to thoughts of some other nature.'
So instead of watching porn and jacking off, use that energy to apply some of the Power Habits in this book instead.”
Couldn't there be a more delicate and effective - dare i say, professional - way of talking about that?
Still, it's a decent collection of insights from a wide variety of people from throughout history.
May 2, 2016
Chris Luke researched over a hundred great individuals and summarized their life, dreams, and accomplishments then crafted that knowledge into the book Power Habits: 101 Life Lessons & Success Habits of Great Leaders, Business Icons and Inspirational Achievers.
My personal favorite power habit is #5. Benjamin Franklin made a list of 13 virtues that he lived by. Chris Luke states that a goal is rarely achieved but if you make rules that you live by you will more likely reach your goals. A rule is something you are going to do no matter what. It is non-negotiable. But power habit #60 by Zig Ziglar is rather convicting.
This book is rich enough for adults, but simple enough for teenagers to use and apply to their lives. I plan to read a power habit or two each night to my children so they too can learn from these great people.
My personal favorite power habit is #5. Benjamin Franklin made a list of 13 virtues that he lived by. Chris Luke states that a goal is rarely achieved but if you make rules that you live by you will more likely reach your goals. A rule is something you are going to do no matter what. It is non-negotiable. But power habit #60 by Zig Ziglar is rather convicting.
This book is rich enough for adults, but simple enough for teenagers to use and apply to their lives. I plan to read a power habit or two each night to my children so they too can learn from these great people.
November 26, 2016
I’m so glad I read this book as it's a goldmine of helpful habits to employ in daily living. It’s the sort of book you can dip into as it is laid out in sections or categories of habits. It is fascinating to learn about the habits that historical and more modern people have developed in their lives. Each habit is helpfully broken into - Power Habit Number. Who did it? Why you should do it! The author explains each habit extremely well and gives the reader ways of putting the habit into practice. I haven’t got anything negative to say as It is a very enjoyable read.
Steve
Steve
April 30, 2016
It's a good self-help guide book with 101 motivational lists and suggestions as to how to improve your life, attested by men and women in history.
I would have enjoyed more detail in the explanations, as it felt as if each argument that was made was rushed to make room for the next point.
I would have enjoyed more detail in the explanations, as it felt as if each argument that was made was rushed to make room for the next point.
July 28, 2016
Just list of habits. Disappointing at best.
April 5, 2017
I really enjoyed this book and got me thinking of how I can improve me life by doing these habits. The chapters were short and sweet plus it mentioned other books to read on the subject. Would recommend this book
April 29, 2017
Power pack
Good collection of famous and successful people's habits. Must read. Neither too short nor too lengthy book. Happy reading people..
Good collection of famous and successful people's habits. Must read. Neither too short nor too lengthy book. Happy reading people..
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