Do you find it hard to make lasting changes in your life? Most of us do, and BJ Fogg is joining the show today to share the easiest ways to create lasting change, using TINY HABITS! BJ is a Behavior Scientist at Stanford University. He founded the Behavior Design Lab at Stanford and in addition to his research, he teaches industry innovators how human behaviour really works. He’s also the author of the New York Times bestselling book Tiny Habits: The Small Changes that Change Everything. In this conversation we talk about the problem with big goals, why tiny habits are great, dealing with the challenges of celebrating yourself and more great habit-building tools that you can use in your daily routines.

Episode Overview:

0:00 - Intro

7:33 - Interview begins

9:05 - Why lowering the bar is the key to lasting change

17:59 - Why longterm change happens when it feels good

23:00 - Changing your identity and becoming a new person one habit at a time

30:36 - Dealing with the challenges of celebrating yourself

40:42 - Pick habits you want to do

42:28 - A word from our sponsors

47:09 - How motivation works (The Motivation Wave)

52:00 - The importance of redesigning your environment

55: 26 - Using prompts in your life to carry out habits

1:03:43 - Building habits into your routines

1:11:40 - Quitting bad habits

1:17:40 - Outro

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Links for This Episode:

Tiny Habits Website: https://tinyhabits.com/

Tiny Habits Book: https://tinyhabits.com/book/

BJ’s Website: https://www.bjfogg.com/

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