2752: How To Use Newton's Third Law To Make Habits Last Longer by Anthony Ongaro

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🗓️ 6 May 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Anthony Ongaro of Break the Twitch shares how to use Newton's Third Law to make habits last longer. Episode 2752: How To Use Newton's Third Law To Make Habits Last Longer by Anthony Ongaro 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/newtons-third-law/ 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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0:00.0	This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 2752, how to use Newton's Third Law to make habits
0:06.9	last longer by Anthony and Gero of BreakToTwitch.com and my narrator Justin Mollock, the guy that
0:12.4	reads blogs or articles to you every single day of the year, including weekends and holidays.
0:17.2	I appreciate you listening every single day really means a lot.
0:20.9	Now with that, let's get right to our next post as we optimize your life.
0:29.6	How to use Newton's Third Law to make habits last longer by Anthony and Gero of BreakToTwitch.com.
0:37.5	For every action, there's an equal and opposite reaction.
0:42.3	While this phrase might be heard most often in classrooms, it can be applied to improve
0:46.3	how we build sustainable habits as well.
0:49.3	With each action we take, there's an invisible force providing resistance in the opposite
0:53.9	direction.
0:54.9	Whether it's pushing against a wall or walking up a flight of stairs, the opposite force
1:00.0	is there.
1:01.4	The same law can be applied to habits and daily actions and creating meaningful changes
1:06.5	in our lives.
1:07.5	It's this concept that makes short-term fasts and extremely restrictive diets fail more
1:13.0	often than not.
1:14.7	While extreme measures may create substantial weight loss in the near term, the opposing
1:18.7	force of such a drastic change is massive.
1:22.3	The hunger you may feel, the fatigue and lack of nutrition represent the equal and opposite
1:27.6	reaction to your efforts.
1:29.7	The greater the reaction, the harder it is to reliably sustain.
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