1568: A Simple Approach To Long-Term Goals by Anthony Ongaro of Break The Twitch on Building Successful Habits

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🗓️ 27 March 2020

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Anthony Ongaro of Break the Twitch shares a simple approach to long-term goals. Episode 1568: A Simple Approach To Long-Term Goals by Anthony Ongaro of Break The Twitch on Building Successful Habits After years of impulse spending on Amazon and elsewhere, Anthony Ongaro realized that his one-click purchase habits were more of a physical Twitch than an intentional action. It turned out, this Twitch wasn’t just limited to online spending. It applied to social media, impulsive smartphone usage, and more. Break the Twitch is all about minimizing distractions and doing more of what matters. Check out Anthony's new book, Break the Twitch: http://breakthetwitch.com/book The original post is located here: https://www.breakthetwitch.com/simple-approach-to-long-term-goals/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:57.2	A simple approach to long-term goals by Anthony Ungaro of BreakTheTwitch.com.
1:07.9	After a third successful run of min's game, I'm less thinking about what's next.
1:12.9	One of the reasons the minimalist game seems to work so well is that it starts out with a
1:16.5	ridiculously easy challenge and works up from there, establishing an easy win right away by getting
1:22.4	rid of just one thing and building on that success. I've been considering different ways to
1:27.5	apply the same thinking over new subjects. Amy and I are at a point where we're not feeling the
1:32.7	need to declutter much more, but my love to apply the same action-based model in other ways.
1:38.2	Thinking more broadly, I'm working on an easy-to-reproduce format that can be applied to many different
1:43.0	aspects of life. I'd like to be able to apply the system to anything, whether it be decluttering,
1:48.1	exercise, eating better, creativity, work, and more. A few years ago, I learned about
1:54.0	Kai's end, the practice of continuous improvement, small but constant improvements to a process
1:59.5	or towards a goal. Applying this idea, I was discussing daily push-ups with a friend when this idea
2:05.2	came up, one push-up every single day. That's it, a single push-up. Every day for a full week
2:12.0	do one push-up per day. On day eight, you've been doing one push-up per day for seven days straight.
2:17.9	What do you think your odds of being able to do two push-ups are? I'd say pretty darn good.
2:22.8	Starting in week two, do two push-ups per day. In week three, you've been doing two per day for
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