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#470: A Proven System for Building and Breaking Habits

The Art of Manliness

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Making Things More Attractive

Psychologists talk about making the cue more obvious or invisible based on whether we're trying to get a good habit or a bad habit. We can make that craving more attractive or unattractive, but this is tricky because oftentimes the good habits we want to develop are not very attractive. So how do you make things that are good for you, but aren't attractive in the short term, more attractive? And then we can talk about how did Victor Hugo force himself to finish Hunchback and Notre Dame after he procrastinated for like a year.

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