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The Learning Leader Show With Ryan Hawk

110: James Clear – How To Build Habits Using Warren Buffett's 2 List Strategy

The Learning Leader Show With Ryan Hawk

Ryan Hawk

Business, Management, Careers

4.91.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2016

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Episode 110: James Clear – How To Habits Using Warren Buffett’s 2 List Strategy

James Clear is a leader who has researched and learned how the best leaders in the world form fantastic habits.  On this episode, I was inspired to hear how James has made it his life’s work to study leaders who have sustained excellence and then has shared what he’s found with the world.  I particularly enjoyed the part of our conversation where we discussed the specific ways all of us can implement and form great habits in our lives.

James Clear studies successful people across a wide range of disciplines — entrepreneurs, artists, athletes, and more — to uncover the habits and routines that make these people the best at what they do. Then, he shares what he learns in his popular email newsletter.

James teaches others to: Use small habits to multiply your mental and physical performance by 10x.  Beat procrastination and shave wasted hours off your workweek. Overcome their inner fears and actually follow through on what they set out to do.

Episode 110: James Clear – How To Build Habits Using Warren Buffett’s 2 List Strategy

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“Stop Trying To Manage Time… Instead Manage Your Energy”

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

  • Having an ability to focus and ruthlessly eliminate all unnecessary things leads to sustained excellence
  • It’s an exercise in getting started… Find a way to get started
  • The 2 minute rule – Initially start with the tasks that take only 2 minutes
  • The science behind habit forming
  • Habits take an average of 66 days to form
  • The science of habit forming needs to be a small, but permanent lifestyle change
  • The Compound Effect and getting 1% better everyday
  • The Warren Buffett 2 list exercise
  • The four burners theory – Family, Friends, Work, Healthy
  • The aggregation of marginal gains
  • Being a learning leader means reading and constantly striving to improve

 “The Friction In Most Habits Is At The Beginning.  You Must Get Started.”

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Episode edited by the great J Scott Donnell

Bio From JamesClear.com

James Clear studies successful people across a wide range of disciplines — entrepreneurs, artists, athletes, and more — to uncover the habits and routines that make these people the best at what they do. Then, he shares what he learns in his popular email newsletter.

James teaches others to: Use small habits to multiply your mental and physical performance by 10x.  Beat procrastination and shave wasted hours off your workweek. Overcome their inner fears and actually follow through on what they set out to do.

Transcript

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0:00.0

The friction around most habits is at the beginning not at the whole scope of the habit

0:05.9

It's like getting started on the habit and if you think about the amount of motivation that it takes to do something

0:12.2

Often the motivation it takes is much higher in the

0:15.3

beginning as starting the behavior the hard part is getting your running shoes

0:18.8

on and getting out the door once you start running I mean if you're if you're like, I get home from work and I want to do a three mile run. Well, all the friction associated with that is getting the shoes on and getting out the door and starting the run. Once you're a mile in, how much motivation do you really need?

0:34.4

You've already overcome the hard part. You're like, I'm already a mile out here. I might as well finish this run.

0:39.1

Our leaders born or are they made? Our host Ryan Hawk believes that leaders can be made

0:44.4

through determined focused work on learning the art and science behind the makeup

0:48.9

of other successful leaders. Now it's time to inhale knowledge and exhale success. You're listening to the Learning Leader

0:55.8

Show with Ryan Hawk. Hey guys, remember episode number 97 with Alejandro Chaiin.

1:09.4

He is the CEO of Ma'n Bao.

1:12.1

We both promise to continue our dialogue

1:15.2

as we both progressed on our journeys.

1:17.4

And we certainly have, just as I have,

1:20.0

with the great people at Mison and Maine.

1:22.7

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1:24.4

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1:26.6

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