#41 Elastic Habits - Book Summary

Nov 21, 2022

Topics covered in this episode include the importance of flexibility in building habits, lateral and vertical flexibility, motivation strategies, focusing on strategies rather than tactics, and how to fully apply the elastic habits framework.

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Introduction

00:00 • 2min

Designing Habits Intentionally

01:47 • 13min

Elastic Habits: Building Flexibility and Resilience

14:29 • 19min

Establishing Different Levels of Goals

33:39 • 20min

Adapting Strategically for Superior Results

53:34 • 2min

The Concept of Elastic Habits

55:41 • 9min

Analyzing Patterns and Adjusting for Success

01:04:40 • 4min

Exploring Different Cues for Habit Development

01:08:15 • 2min

The Dangers of Setting Lower Goals as a Backup Plan

01:10:42 • 14min

Summarizing 'Elastic Habits' and Integrating Strategies with Other Habit Books

01:24:45 • 4min

Hello Wise Wordians,

Welcome back to another episode of ‘Wise Words Book Summaries’.

This week we are summarising ‘Elastic Habits’ by Stephen Guise which proposes a flexible framework that can be adopted to help the process of habit formation.

In this episode we cover topics such as:

Why flexibility is so fundamental to building habits
Lateral and Vertical Flexibility
How to build motivation using the elastic habits framework
Why you should focus on strategies rather than tactics
How to fully apply the elastic habits framework

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In addition to this, if you fancy implementing any of the actionable ideas we mention in this episode, head on over to our website at wisewords.blog where the Elastic Habits book summary will be waiting for you.

Next week we will be summarising ‘The Power of Habit’ by Charles Duhigg so make sure you stay tuned for that.

We hope you enjoy it.

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Chapters:
00:00:00-Wise Words Intro
00:00:16-Overview
00:04:46-Introduction
00:05:23-Why Elasticity?
00:14:54-Type of Flexibility and Elasticity
00:24:42-A New Dimension of Flexibility
00:27:47-Lateral Flexibility
00:28:41-Vertical Flexibility
00:31:34-Goal Strengths and Weaknesses
00:39:18-How to Motivate Yourself with Lateral and Vertical Flexibility
00:44:30-Goal Anchoring for Two-Way Leverage
00:53:31-Smarter Strategy, Superior Results
00:56:39-The Four Pillars of Elastic Habits
00:57:20-Dealing with the Paradox of Choice
01:01:18-Elastic Habits Fully Applied
01:24:44-Debrief

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