#581: The Tiny Habits That Change Everything

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

4.7 • 14.5K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2020

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

We're a month into the new year now. How are you doing on your resolutions? Have you already fallen off the wagon? Maybe the goal you set for yourself was just too big to successfully tackle. You need to think smaller. Tiny, even. That's the argument my guest makes. His name is Dr. BJ Fogg, and he's the founder and director of Stanford's Behavior Design Lab, as well as the author of the new book Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything. Today on the show, BJ walks us through the three components that drive our behavior, including the simple yet overlooked relationship between motivation and ability. He then explains how to build habits that feel easier and require lower levels of motivation by picking behaviors that are good matches for you and breaking them down into smaller parts. We also talk about the need to tie your habits to turnkey prompts, the importance of celebrating your successes, no matter how small, and the way tiny habits can lead to bigger changes. We end our conversation with why you should think about the process of getting rid of your bad habits as untangling them rather than breaking them. Get the show notes at aom.is/tinyhabits.

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0:00.0	We're at McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast.
0:11.0	We're a month into the new year now.
0:12.7	How are you doing on your resolutions?
0:14.1	Have you already fallen off the wagon?
0:16.0	Maybe the goal you set for yourself was just too big to successfully tackle.
0:19.3	You need to think smaller.
0:20.7	Tiny even.
0:21.7	That's the argument my guest makes.
0:22.7	His name is Dr. BJ Foggins, the founder and director of Stanford Behavior Design Lab.
0:27.1	As well as the author of the new book, Tiny Habits, the small changes that change everything.
0:31.1	Today on the show, BJ walks us through the three components that drive our behavior, including
0:34.8	the simple yet overlooked relationship between motivation and ability.
0:38.0	He then explains how to build habits that feel easier and require lower levels of motivation
0:42.1	by picking behaviors that are good matches for you and breaking them down into smaller
0:45.6	parts.
0:46.6	We also talk about the need to tie your habits to turn key prompts, and ports to celebrating
0:49.8	your successes no matter how small, and the way tiny habits can lead to bigger changes.
0:54.2	We inter-conversation with why you should think about the process of getting rid of your
0:57.2	bad habits as untangling them rather than breaking them.
1:00.3	After the show's over, check out our show notes at aawim.is slash tiny habits.
1:11.9	Right BJ Fog, welcome to the show.
1:13.9	Hey, I'm happy to be here.
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