How to Change Human Behavior

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I've spent so much of my life that I consider less optimal use or to put it bluntly a waste. And I wish I could go back and teach that younger self to not do all these startups, which are useful but not the most valuable for the world. But counterfactually speaking, just going back, if I could tell myself, hey, you want to do this kind of work, great. You want to upgrade change agents to make them more effective, great. Think about all the possible ways of doing that,. Let's try to estimate ahead of time, which is most plausibly the highest impact before getting into the startup"

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How can you live your best life? What's a good definition of "wisdom"? What are some possible taxonomies of life outcomes? What are some low-hanging fruit in the realm of self-improvement? What are some useful behavior change frameworks and techniques?

All his life, James Norris has been searching for the best ways to change himself and change the world. He started as an entrepreneur at age 6 and since has co-founded or helped build 9 businesses and 16 organizations, including the premier conference for the effective altruism movement, the world's first global lifehacking event series, Southeast Asia's first social innovation hackathon series, and a university for today's Leonardo da Vincis. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin as a triple major / quadruple minor. Find more about him at jamesnorris.org and upgradable.org.

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