#329: Stick With It — The Science of Behavior Change

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

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🗓️ 10 August 2017

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

If you’re like most people, you’ve probably got some habits you’d like to change: maybe you want to quit smoking or eat better or check your phone less. And if you’re like most people, you’ve probably tried making those changes, and failed. And after failing again and again, you just gave up. My guest today is a psychologist who specializes in helping people make real, lasting change in their lives. His name is Sean Young and he’s the director of the UCLA Center of Digital Behavior and the author of the book "Stick with It: A Scientifically Proven Process For Changing Your Life—for Good." Today on the show, Sean explains why most of our approaches to personal change fail, and the scientifically proven process he and his team have developed to help people make lasting change. Sean shares several tactics that — when used in combination — can help you finally make those changes you’ve long desired. We discuss why creating small wins is important in habit change and what we can learn from cults on how to effectively change ourselves. We then discuss how we can alter our environment to facilitate transformation, as well as “neurohacks” that can shortcut the brain’s hardwired instincts. At the end, Sean ties all these concepts together to provide listeners with a roadmap to finally sticking with a habit change.

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0:00.0	We're at McCay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of the Maminous Podcast.
0:18.0	If you're like most people, you probably got some habits you'd like to change,
0:21.0	and if you want to quit smoking or eat better or check your phone less, and if you're
0:24.0	like most people, probably try making those changes but failed.
0:27.0	And after failing again and again, you just gave up.
0:30.0	We've all been there.
0:31.0	My guest Dave, this is a psychologist who specializes in helping people make real lasting
0:34.0	change in their lives.
0:35.0	His name is Sean Young.
0:36.0	He's the director of the UCLA Center of Digital Behavior and the author of the new book.
0:40.0	He's stick with it, a scientifically proven process for changing your life for good.
0:44.0	Today, the show, Sean, explains why most of our approaches to personal change fail in the scientifically proven process.
0:49.0	He and his team have developed to help people make lasting change.
0:52.0	Sean shares several tactics that, when you used in combination with each other,
0:56.0	can help you finally make those changes you've long desired.
0:59.0	We discuss why creating small wins is important in habit change and what we can learn from cults
1:03.0	on how to affect the change ourselves.
1:05.0	We then discuss how we can alter our environment to facilitate transformation,
1:08.0	as well as neurohacks that can shortcut the brain's hardwired instincts.
1:12.0	At the end, Sean ties all these concepts together to provide the listeners with a road map
1:16.0	to finally sticking with a habit change that you've been trying to do.
1:18.0	You're going to love the show a lot of practical takeaways.
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