A lot of people I know love headspace as a way to get them to meditate and then tell me that yeah but it doesn't work for you. That's actually really a critical point when it comes to what's fun because it differs person to person. You can't just quote convince yourself to do the right thing if you really want it, he says. He was going to be an economics major as an undergraduate until he encountered the rational actor model which is stereotypically treat people’s rational in some ways.
Behavioral scientist Katy Milkman of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania talks about her book How to Change with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. What can we learn from research in psychology and behavioral economics about breaking the habits we want to change? Is that research reliable? And should Russ Roberts accept being overweight or keep working at finding the thinner man trying to get out?