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Apr 2024
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Nearly 20 Million Books Sold! | The Prov...

BRYAN ELLIOTT
About this episode

James Clear has sold an incredible 15 million copies of his bestselling book, Atomic Habits, which has 4.8 stars on Amazon with more than 120,000 reviews. Wow!

In this episode of Behind the Brand Bryan and James talk about the proven way to build good habits and break bad ones.

Check out Atoms, The official Atomic Habits app.

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