#1 Habit Expert: Here's how you become dramatically better

My First Million

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Investing, Entrepreneurship, Business

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🗓️ 16 April 2026

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Run your life like a $100M business. Get the system here: https://clickhubspot.com/cdew Episode 815: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to Charles Duhigg ( https://x.com/cduhigg ) about how to transform your life through habits. — Show Notes: (0:00) the habit loop (5:26) you fall to the levels of your systems (11:06) replying to emails in your inbox (14:44) chosen bad habits (16:20) 1-line journaling (19:30) supercommunication (28:12) Trump's supercommunication skill (33:15) a case against authenticity (37:44) famous speeches (45:58) coldcalling 900 people (47:43) 60-second productivity masterclass (49:51) The best stuff Charles has read lately (53:13) financial freedom (56:17) bending the earth to your will — Links: • Charles Duhigg - https://charlesduhigg.com/ — Check Out Sam's Stuff: • Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm — Check Out Shaan's Stuff: • Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com • Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. • Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC • I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out: beehiiv.com/mfm-challenge My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano /

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0:00.0	All right, Charles, I want to show you something.
0:02.0	So in 2014, I wrote about how I lost weight.
0:05.7	But previously, I used your book a year before because I had a little bit of a drinking issue.
0:11.1	And it was, frankly, was kind of ruining my life.
0:13.1	And I read your book and the idea of the habit loop changed my life.
0:18.4	And that's why I'm so excited to talk to you.
0:20.6	I feel like I can rule the world. I know's why I'm so excited to talk to you. Your book changed my life probably more than any book I've ever read. And I've read probably thousands of books. So I'll tell you the story. So basically, yeah, I had like an issue with alcohol and I read your book.
0:41.3	And you can correct me if I'm wrong, but the way that I distinctly remember it is that a habit doesn't go away.
0:47.3	You just have to change part of the routine and replace it.
0:50.3	That's exactly right.
0:51.3	One of the ways that people continue being stuck on this treadmill,
0:55.1	and this sounds very oversimplified, but it's true in my case, like you start like craving carbohydrates
1:00.1	the day after you drink. Like you still crave, because I was drinking like 20 beers a day,
1:04.6	and I still craved like the sugar. And so I actually just made a small habit. Every time I wanted
1:09.4	to drink alcohol, a beer, I ate a pack of M&Ms.
1:13.7	And that like sugar replacement actually helped me like kick booze.
1:17.9	Then I replaced that with non-alcoholic beer.
1:20.7	And I got fat along the way.
1:22.5	But I was like, I'll get fat.
1:23.8	And then I'll kick that habit later.
1:26.6	I love this.
1:29.7	Because you're exactly right. So,
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