689: Leo Babauta | Zen Habits

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🗓️ 23 January 2018

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Leo Babauta (@zen_habits) of Zen Habits shares how he's modified his own behavior to conquer bad habits and create good ones. The Cheat Sheet: Find out how an overweight smoker resigned to living in Guam broke a laundry list of bad habits to move to California, work his dream job, and run ultramarathons. Learn how to make daily forays into discomfort that have you welcoming adversity like an old friend instead of something to be avoided. Why self-evaluation that makes you feel good is a habit that leads to unhappiness (and what you can do instead). Why you should treat your ego like a child. How you can stop dilly-dallying and be more decisive. And so much more... Full show notes at https://theartofcharm.com/podcast-episodes/leo-babauta-zen-habits-episode-689/ Find out more about the team who makes The Art of Charm podcast here! Wine Access has been America's best kept wine secret...until now. Get $50 off towards your first purchase of $150 or more by ordering through our special link: wineaccess.com/jordan! Whether you're a lady or a gent, you don't need to know what MicroModal fabric is to enjoy the comfort of MeUndies; you just need to wear them -- support this show (and yourself) with MeUndies here for 20% off! With pain-free invoicing, FreshBooks helps entrepreneurs and freelancers save time and avoid a lot of the stress that comes with running a small business. Try a month of unrestricted use for free here (no credit card required)! Enter ART OF CHARM in the How You Heard About Us section. Want to turn your current work station into a standing desk, treadmill desk, or sitting desk at your command? Stand more, sit less, and boost your productivity at VARIDESK.com! Does your business have an Internet presence? Now save a whopping 50% on new webhosting packages here with HostGator by using coupon code CHARM! Free yourself from typing notes, reports, and documents by going with the transcriptionists we trust here at AoC: TranscriptionOutsourcing.net -- 99% or higher accuracy guaranteed! HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! If you dig the show, please subscribe in iTunes and write us a review! This is what helps us stand out from the crowd and help people find the credible advice they need. Review the show in iTunes! We rely on it! http://www.theartofcharm.com/mobilereview Stay Charming!

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0:00.0	So you want to write and you're like okay I'll write and but I'll check my email first and then I'll go do these things first
0:05.2	And so you still want to write but you just keep pushing it back and back and back
0:08.9	So you need something to signal the start of that ritual
0:13.8	Welcome to the art of charm. I'm Jordan Harbinger. On this episode will be talking with my friend Leo
0:19.0	Babata Leo is the founder of Zenhabits.net. This is one of the largest single author blogs in the world
0:26.1	He's just got an incredible personal transformation. He was an overweight smoker stressed out of his mind
0:31.8	Not in very good physical or emotional health now. He's an elite athlete in a mindfulness expert
0:37.7	This blogman has just been crazy. It just took over the internet at one point
0:42.8	I remember this was one of the only places where people were actually talking about things like mindfulness and
0:48.4	paying attention to the internal dialogue that was going on
0:51.3	He is one of the guys I credit personally with kicking off the
0:55.6	Recent trend I should say of
0:58.0	Everybody in Silicon Valley especially getting into meditation and crafting that personal narrative in a way that's healthy
1:04.3	Just a few things that Leo's done on his personal journey alone include quitting smoking losing 65 pounds
1:09.7	Getting out of debt becoming a vegan ultra marathoner. I mean this is not a show that's just about him
1:16.0	It's about the process. It's about your process and today we'll discuss some of our most destructive habits
1:21.6	Because why not start with the good stuff? We're going to start with that voice inside our head that causes us to evaluate
1:27.2	Everything we do and label it as good or bad and we'll learn how we can gain more control over our emotions
1:32.5	And learn to let go of control of our personal narrative a concept that sounds complex
1:36.8	But really involves making things more simple at the end of the day and we'll form a strategy for how we can become more
1:43.4	Discicived and we'll talk about why that's important as well as usual
1:47.2	We have worksheets for today's episodes
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