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S16 E1: To Make a Change, Plan a Tailored Attack (Katy Milkman)

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The Importance of Understanding the Barriers to Behavior Change

If you think about going into the doctor with a headache, you might just get a prescription for Tylenol. But ideally you have a doctor who's going to think carefully about the underlying causes and tailor their approach. The same is true in the case of behavior change. Is it an issue of forgetting, planning, making time and space in your schedule? You find it so unpleasant that you just can't motivate yourself in the heat of the moment. Are there bad habits or structures in your environment that are getting in the way and making this too hard?"

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