How to Change BAD HABITS and Become A BETTER YOU w/ Charles Duhigg
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Published 2022-03-08
If so, get ready to download some KNOWLEDGE that’s going to CHANGE how you live.
One of the ways your brain is REMARKABLE is that it is always searching for ways to conserve energy by being more EFFICIENT. And one of the most important ways it does this is by steering you toward what you already know.
And what you already know are your HABITS.
The science behind HABITS and PRODUCTIVITY is a fascinating topic. Once you understand how habits are formed, you can apply this knowledge to your life and create MASSIVE POSITIVE CHANGES.
This week, I’m excited to discuss exactly how you can do that with one of the TOP EXPERTS in this field.
CHARLES DUHIGG is a Pulitzer-prize-winning reporter and the author of “Smarter Faster Better,” about the science of productivity, and “The Power of Habit,” about the science of habit formation in our lives, companies, and societies. He’s also a veteran journalist who has written for the New York Times, The New Yorker Magazine and is a frequent contributor the shows such as This American Life, N.P.R., The Newshour with Jim Lehrer, and Frontline.
He’s spent years studying the NEUROLOGICAL UNDERPINNINGS of habits and productivity, looking closely at HOW HABITS ARE FORMED, the importance of CUES, the psychology of NEAR MISSES (Hint: pay close attention to what Charles has to say about gambling in Las Vegas), and why it’s important to create and enjoy REWARDS when you engage in positive habits.
If you’re a business owner, top executive, or leader of any kind, you’ll want to hear Charles’s take on how KEYSTONE HABITS can change an organization. As you can already figure out, the right organizational habits can not only lead to huge increases in positive work culture and your BOTTOM LINE, but they can often spell the difference between whether a business ultimately succeeds or fails as well.
In practical terms, Charles will also tell you HOW TO CREATE NEW HABITS, engage in the practice of DIRECTED FOCUS, and why STARTING SMALL is one of the keys to making sure new habits stay locked in.
If you’re concerned about efficiency in your life (as you should be!), Charles Duhigg is going to teach you how to SAVE TIME AND MONEY, be more PRODUCTIVE, and GAIN CONTROL so you can lead a HAPPIER and more BLISSFUL life.
And that’s a HABIT we should all strive for…
0:00 Intro
1:26 What a habit loop is and how we form them
3:13 Habit loop studies performed on rats
6:57 How Febreeze made billions by changing their advertisement
10:18 What neurological craving is
13:46 How to create new habits
21:58 Discovering your cues
26:37 How to create a reward for the habit of working out
33:34 Allow yourself to enjoy the rewards
36:12 How keystone habits can change an organization
44:10 The size and immediacy of a reward
46:27 Gambling addiction analogy
51:18 Start small when creating a habit
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All Comments (21)
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- I just want to let anyone who’s reading this, and going through a tough time know that it’s going to be okay. You’ll get through it! ✨
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This is why living alone is waaaaay underrated. Living with other people is like living in a chaotic pen full of crazed animals. Everyone's running around you, you don't control what's in the refrigerator, you don't control the expenses in the house, you can't throw out useless stuff, you're constantly interrupted, someone always nags, and the only way to have a little bit of peace is to wake up 3 hours before everyone else does. I love living alone, the habits got fixed overnight the moment I moved. I finally got the schedule I always wanted, lost 30 pounds without even trying, and finally had my peace. Want habits? Live alone!
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Love the exercise he shared about how to identify cues - thats powerful stuff! Here's my notes in case any of you didn't pick it up: The next few time you feel the instinct write down 5 things (habits fall into these categories 95% of the time) 1. Certain time of the day 2. particular place 3. certain emotion 4. Presence of certain other people 5. Preceding behavior that has become ritualized
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Incredible person reading this, you have everything there is to succeed in life, whatever that is for you. Go after the life you truly want NOW! ✨ I believe in you! Love - Nat ❤️
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Ed has recommended a couple great books about Habits, and the Duhigg book was one of em. Another one Ed recommended was Perfect Day Formula by Ballantyne, and I also love James Clear "Atomic Habits" as well.
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This is truly a masterclass on how to take control over your life!! So damn good!! Thank you guys you are both really brilliant speakers and communicators. Now it's action time!
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I’ve been down for a couple of weeks emotionally and was looking for a way to snap out of it, man this was great and is moving me in the right direction! Thanks!
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Great interview!! I got so much from this and can see where I’m going wrong in my life. Improvements to come! Thanks Ed!! #MAXOUT💪
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First time I found a podcast with Charles Duhigg. I was always wondering how come everyone invites James Clear on their podcast and not Charles. Thank you soo much for finally doing so🙂 I also agree the Power of Habit is one of the best books out there
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Wow! So much goodness here. I can't even figure out how to make myself get up on time for work anymore
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I really love the part about writing on a card the cues that happen before triggering you to react negatively towards your children or family thanks another great one much love
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This interview is especially for me! I'm aware of the habit loop (cue-craving ,routine, reward) however since I suffer from low level OCD it's really hard for me to break my bad habit loops. What a great story about Fabreze!!! Habits are neurological cravings-what a great definition! I'm always working on improving my "bad" habits by trying to change my routine or behavior.This is definitely my next book to read-"The Power of Habit". Thanks Ed for all of your amazing interviews! and thanks Charles Duhigg for sharpening my understanding about changing my behavior or routine in order to gain control back #MAXOUT from Israel
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Wow..This is so good!!!I am on a weightloss journey and my running thought on the treadmill this morning was about the correlation with making better habits in my overall health and how I will continue to build and make better habits in other areas of my life and how that will improve my financial habits.I believe wealth and health are so so strongly connected.I have been overweight my entire adult life and I am not financially where I would like to be and I look at the big factor of how bad my nutrition and exercise habits have been..My thoughts are,I haven't been disciplined with my health and I am sure that leads to other bad habits I am making and areas I am not disciplined. I HAVE been on my journey for a month and half.Eating better,exercising more and am starting to see how it is improving my mindset already by creating other good habits in my life.I am starting to become more and more grateful everyday, Journaling more,becoming more intentional,feeling amazing and thinking what else can I improve on..This is so powerful. That's for the great message you delivered today.
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I love this!! I’m actually reading atomic habits currently so I’m definitely going to get this book!!
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Oh, how I wish I'd heard this interview when I started practicing yoga forty-nine years ago. I would have been where I am now forty-four years ago. But would my ears have been open enough to hear it? I was such an expert ...
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I have 10 kids, I have been competed in Fintness before, I have had habit to train before I got my kids, but now when I have so many kids its dosnt work out when I train after workday and my wife wasnt happy with that eather. So I had to promise that I dont train when the kids are wake, I had to start to train before work, and now this is habit what I do 5 times per week. Now I know that it the best to train before work, then I get great energy for whole day plus I can spend more time with my family
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Rituals & Routines!!! I will never stop working on these now!!!⚡️⚡️
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Unconditional love for your kids is powerful!!!! Let's do this today parents.
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Great Job Ed...More Power God Bless Brother.
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Just bought his book in Spanish and I can’t stop reading it.
