Feel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee

How to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones with James Clear (Re-Release) #321

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Dec 28, 2022

James Clear, a New York Times best-selling author and entrepreneur, shares powerful insights on habit formation. He emphasizes the importance of identifying who you want to become and aligning your habits with that identity. Discussion includes designing supportive environments, harnessing community connections for motivation, and the impact of the two-minute rule for forming new habits. Clear also highlights how small, consistent changes can lead to significant improvements, making it easier to break bad habits and cultivate positive ones.

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ADVICE

Path of Least Resistance

Optimize your environment to make good habits the path of least resistance.
Make small changes like placing books strategically or rearranging furniture to encourage desired behaviors.

ANECDOTE

Unplugging the TV

Dr. Chatterjee unplugs his TV to add friction to watching it.
This small inconvenience often leads him to choose reading instead, demonstrating how minor changes can influence habits.

INSIGHT

Habits Shape Life

Your current life is largely the sum of your habits from the past six months or year.
Habits compound over time, leading to current results.

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Do you believe habits are ‘good’ or ‘bad’? Are you constantly trying to create better habits and quit those that don’t serve you? Today’s guest has insights that will help get your New Year off to a great start by truly understanding what habits are – and how to optimise them.

James Clear is an entrepreneur and New York Times best-selling author of Atomic Habits a handbook for anyone who wants to finally get to grips with successful behaviour change. He shares his learnings via his hugely popular newsletters, to help people use the psychology of habit formation to live healthier, fuller lives.

We talk about ‘designing your environment’, building a tribe around you who support what you want to achieve and finding the path of least resistance to what you want to do. When it comes to good versus bad habits, James says it’s more about which are effective – are they serving you?

We also discuss how true behaviour change is really identity change. Every action you take towards your goal is a vote for the person you wish to become. You’re no longer that someone who tries to go for a run three times a week, you’re a runner. James says we can all begin by asking ourselves ‘Who do I want to become?’ then looking at what habits we might need to build that identity.

This is such a useful conversation, packed with practical tips, and I think it’s a great way to kick off the year. I know you’re going to feel fired up to seek out your new identity once you listen.

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