How to Develop Good Habits

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When a, you know, as an academic, your life is sort of filled with travel that interrupts every single routine that you hve. And i often would look down on my colleagues who would like to work out this morning in the hotel jek. O hardi soitomeearly to develop good habits. The influence of one failure burstes the influence of multiple successes. It's a cue and it's a big asymmetry. Every gain on the wrong side undoes the effects of many conquests on the right.

Ever wonder why you’re still listening to VBW all of these years? Or why you check your phone 50 times a day? Or why you put on your pants the same way every morning? (If you still wear pants these days.) David and Tamler talk about William James’ essay on habits, why they’re so powerful, and how you can make your nervous system your ally instead of your enemy. Plus, a shocking new neuroscience study reveals that we remember and share funny stories more than boring ones.