2693: Why Your Goals Will Fail, and What You Can Do About It by Nir Eyal

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🗓️ 15 March 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Nir Eyal talks about how to make sure your goals won't fail Episode 2693: Why Your Goals Will Fail, and What You Can Do About It by Nir Eyal Nir Eyal writes, consults, and teaches about the intersection of psychology, technology, and business. The M.I.T. Technology Review dubbed Nir, “The Prophet of Habit-Forming Technology.” Nir founded two tech companies since 2003 and has taught at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford. He is the author of the bestselling book, Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products. In addition to blogging at NirAndFar.com, Nir’s writing has been featured in The Harvard Business Review, TechCrunch, and Psychology Today. Nir is also an active investor in habit-forming technologies. Some of his past investments include: Eventbrite, Product Hunt, Pantry, Marco Polo, Presence Learning, 7 Cups, Pana, Symphony Commerce, Worklife (acquired by Cisco) and Refresh.io (acquired by LinkedIn). Nir attended The Stanford Graduate School of Business and Emory University. The original post is located here: https://www.nirandfar.com/your-new-years-resolution-is-bound-to/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Interested in advertising on the show? Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalLivingDaily Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:34.3	Why your goals will fail and what you can do about it by near a all of near and far.com.
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1:07.0	Why your goals will fail and what you can do about it by near a all of near and far.com.
1:14.9	Quote, chains of habit are too light to be felt until they're too heavy to be broken.
1:22.4	Worn Buffet.
1:24.1	If you're like most people, you have a New Year's resolution in place and you may have
1:28.3	even stuck to it so far this year. Good for you. Realistically though, you're going to fail.
1:35.6	How long have you said you really should get in shape or lamented the need for more quality time
1:41.4	with family and friends. The fact is, despite the most earnest commitment, resolutions just don't work.
1:49.4	We make well-intentioned goals with the false belief that we just lack commitment and motivation
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