861 - How to Take Control of Your Life

Tiny Leaps, Big Changes

Gregg Clunis

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.2 • 917 Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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With the start of a new year, many of us set big goals and try to focus on specific things in an effort to feel in control of our lives. While habits, routines, and life hacks can be helpful in achieving these goals, they are not enough to truly create lasting change. In this episode, we will explore the concept of the Fresh Start Effect and the importance of identifying an outcome and working towards it with direction in order to gain a sense of control in our lives. We will also discuss the challenges of maintaining motivation and offer strategies for making lasting change.

In this episode:

The Fresh Start Effect - a phenomenon where people are more likely to try to create change in their lives around predetermined moments
Why habits, routines, and life hacks are not enough to create lasting change and a sense of control in one's life
The key to creating a sense of control is to identify an outcome and work towards it with direction
How motivation, often felt at the beginning of a new year, can fade over time
Strategies for maintaining motivation and making lasting change

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0:00.0	So around this time of year, we typically set big goals, or maybe we just try to focus on specific things,
0:07.6	something to make the year ahead feel special, something that allows us to feel in control of our lives.
0:17.2	And we all do this.
0:18.5	It's a time-honored and time-weathered tradition all around the world.
0:24.0	New Year's resolutions or some version of them.
0:27.2	Maybe you don't set resolutions.
0:28.8	Maybe you focus on a word for the year,
0:31.4	or you set a smaller goal or maybe you just think about what you want your life to look like.
0:37.3	But this practice is something we all engage in in some way around the beginning of a new year.
0:46.1	Now, one of my guests last year,
0:48.0	Katie Milkman, she's the author of the book
0:50.4	How to Change, she's also a behavioral scientist. She coined the term the. the periods where things feel like they're starting over, we are far more likely to try to create change in our lives.
1:08.0	There are these predetermined moments. So beginning of the year is a big one.
1:12.0	Beginning of a week is a big one,
1:13.0	beginning of a week is another big one,
1:15.0	and at the beginning of a month,
1:17.0	or birthdays, or anything that feels like it's a moment
1:20.0	where you can restart is where we're most likely to engage with the process of trying
1:27.0	to create change in our lives.
1:28.7	So this is something we are wired to do.
1:31.6	It's something that makes total sense to try.
1:34.0	And as I said earlier, we do this largely because we want to gain a sense of control over our lives.
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