In this episode of the GMB podcast, Andy and Ryan interview James Clear.
James is a guy with many talents and interests, including weightlifting, travel photography, entrepreneur-ing, and habit change, and he has A LOT to say about making changes, particularly when it comes to fitness habits.
So get’yer ears on, ’cause James’s rendition of habit change is the perfect pairing to our own thoughts on the topic.
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A few of the topics covered:
- The formula for success when creating a new habit? The 3 Rs: Reminder, Routine, and Reward.
- Why creating an optimal environment will make it a lot easier to create the habits you want.
- The cascading effect of habit change.
- Empowering yourself with “I don’t” messages, rather than “I can’t”.
Links we discussed:
- James Clear’s blog (with a digest of awesomeness, special for listeners of this episode)
- Identity-Based Habits
- Our recent article on where motivation comes from
Some quotables from James Clear:
- “The individual impact of sticking to your goal in a smaller way of reducing the scope – not that big. But the cumulative impact of always sticking to the schedule and never missing workouts – that’s huge.”
- “If you can optimize the things around you to make those good behaviors easier and those bad behaviors harder, how much easier would it be to live a healthy life?”
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