The Importance of Consistent Use of the Gem

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People who show up at the gim at the same time of day tend to be more likely to show up at all. The people with a little more flexibility actually exercise that flexibility. Andin building habitual, repeated behavior change, i think we need to focus more on resilience and flexibility as were, it sort of instart up mode,. trying to create a lasting behaviour changed.

When Katy Milkman was a newly minted professor at Wharton, she came across a statistic that stopped her cold: 40 percent of premature deaths result from personal behaviors we can change. Katy decided to do something about that, and for the next decade, she conducted groundbreaking research into the science of achieving lasting behavior change. In “How to Change: The Science of Getting From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be,” she shares what she’s learned. The Next Big Idea Club named “How to Change” one of the best books of the year, and in this episode, Katy sits down with our curator Daniel Pink to tell him why a change in the weather can help you save money, how Harry Potter got her in better shape, and what an accidental breakthrough in mathematics reveals about boosting your self-confidence.