James Clears big ideas on small habits completely rewired my life. And if you're serious about change,

he's the person you need to hear from. James is one of the world's leading experts on habits. His book,

Atomic Habits, has sold over 25 million copies. And you know what? 25 million people can't be wrong.

Today, James breaks down how to reshape the next decade of your life and why it all starts with

the next decision you make right now.

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James, thank you so much for being here.

I'm really excited to talk to you.

I've read your book Inside Out, backwards and forwards. Thank you so much for being here. I'm really excited to talk to you. I've read your book Inside Out, backwards and forwards.

Well, I'm one of the 25 million people that bought that book,

and it's my theory that 25 million people cannot possibly be wrong.

So congratulations.

No, it's absolutely the truth.

So listen, for so many people listening to this right now, it will be the first podcast that they listen to at the top of the new year. And so I really think that habits are so incredibly formative, incredibly important for your life and for your success. And so I want you to contextualize a little bit for anyone that's listening right now. If they listen to what you say and they do what you know, what actually can they get out

of it?

Well, when we talk about habits a lot of the time, what we're really talking about is the process

of learning.

It's the process of how your brain and body learns a new behavior or something

to do. And everything that you do now was previously unknown to you. When you were born,

you didn't know how to chop a tomato or, you know, write your name or brush your teeth or anything,

start a business. But now you have skills because you've practiced these things. And so one of the lessons is that you will get better at anything that you practice.

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