The Jordan Harbinger Show

306: BJ Fogg | Tiny Habits That Change Everything

Jan 30, 2020

BJ Fogg, founder of Stanford's Behavior Design Lab and author of Tiny Habits, explores the art of behavior change. He reveals why we fail at altering habits despite knowing their benefits and introduces the B=MAP model for understanding behavior. Fogg advocates for 'untangling' rather than 'breaking' habits and debunks common myths about habit formation. He emphasizes the power of tiny, enjoyable steps and the importance of positive emotions in sustaining change, offering practical strategies for lasting improvement.

01:08:59

Episode guests

BJ Fogg

Highlights

AI Chapters

Episode notes

Outsmarting Motivation

01:19

Wiring habits with celebration

01:03

The Importance of Habit Formation

01:19

How to Start Where You Want to Start

01:14

Intro

3min

The Emotional Impact of Technology

4min

Tiny Habits, Big Changes

16min

Embracing Small Steps for Lasting Change

3min

Transforming Habits Through Tiny Changes

19min

Strategic Behavior Change through Focus Mapping

2min

Focus Mapping and Habit Formation

17min

Harnessing Tiny Habits for Positive Change

5min

BJ Fogg (@bjfogg) is the founder and director of the Stanford Behavior Design Lab, and author of Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything.

[Featured photo by Nathaniel Gerdes]

What We Discuss with BJ Fogg:

The main reasons we fail at behavior change -- even when we rationally know the long-term benefits heavily outweigh any short-term discomforts.
The B=MAP Fogg Behavior Model that can be applied universally to understanding (and correcting) every type of behavior there is.
How starter steps and tiny habits work as effective ways to "trick" our change-resistant human brains into radical behavior change.
Why BJ prefers the term "untangling" rather than "breaking" in reference to habits we want to discontinue.
Why repetition is often repeated as being the catalyst for creating habits, why this tidbit of popular misinformation is so wrong, and what really works as a better catalyst.
And much more...

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