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Ed Mylett

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🗓️ 4 October 2025

⏱️ 86 minutes

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The Habits That Shape Your Destiny What if the life you’re living right now is nothing more than a reflection of your habits—both the ones serving you and the ones sabotaging you? In this powerful mashup, I sit down with three of the sharpest minds in the world—Charles Duhigg, Coach Mike Bayer, and James Clear—to uncover the truth about habits, identity, and the small, daily choices that create extraordinary outcomes. Charles Duhigg, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Power of Habit, breaks down how every habit runs on a simple loop—cue, routine, reward—and how you can rewire even your most stubborn patterns. He shares the golden rule of habit change and why being in control doesn’t mean eliminating a behavior, but transforming it into something that serves you. Coach Mike Bayer takes us deep into his concept of living as your “Best Self.” In this conversation, I share my own best self exercise—Superman—and my anti-self—Richard Cabeza. We talk about how naming these identities can give you clarity, courage, and even humor in the middle of stress. This isn’t just theory; it’s a practical, life-changing tool you can use today with your family, your work, and yourself. Then James Clear, the author of Atomic Habits, drives it home with his groundbreaking philosophy: success isn’t about massive leaps, it’s about getting just 1% better every day. He explains the compounding effect of small improvements, why identity-based habits are the most powerful, and how the two-minute rule can help you master the art of showing up. Every one of these conversations points back to one undeniable truth: you don’t rise to the level of your goals, you fall to the level of your habits. But the great news is—you can change them, starting today. Key Takeaways: How to use the “cue-routine-reward” loop to rewire habits that no longer serve you (Charles Duhigg) Why naming your Best Self and your Anti-Self can instantly shift your mindset (Coach Mike Bayer) The compounding power of small improvements: why 1% better every day is life-changing (James Clear) Why habits aren’t just actions—they’re votes for your identity and future self The danger of stopping the very habits that created your success—and how to upgrade them instead Your destiny isn’t shaped by what you do once—it’s forged in what you do daily. The smallest change can set you on the path to the biggest transformation of your life. Also don't miss out on MAXOUT2026: Once a year, I open my home for an intimate one-day experience unlike anything else I do. This year, I’m making it even smaller—just 12 to 15 people. Together, we’ll dive deep into the exact strategies I use to plan, visualize, and design the best year of my life—and yours. If you’re ready to Max Out your future, join me at https://maxoutlive2026.com for a life-changing day you’ll never forget. 👉 SUBSCRIBE TO ED'S YOUTUBE CHANNEL NOW 👈⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ → → → CONNECT WITH ED MYLETT ON SOCIAL MEDIA: ← ← ← ➡️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠INSTAGRAM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ➡️⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠FACEBOOK⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ➡️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LINKEDIN⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ➡️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠X ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ➡️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠WEBSITE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	how your habits deliver on your goals. So essentially it's got a little bit to do with goal setting,
0:05.3	but delivered by the habits that we create. I'm going to give you seven steps to making your goals
0:10.7	a reality by delivering with them on habits that serve you. And that is one of the things that you've got to
0:15.6	evaluate first before we get into the seven steps is it's great to have goals and outcomes in our
0:20.5	life. But if we don't develop habits that serve us and we don't have the ability to create new before we get into the seven steps is it's great to have goals and outcomes in our life,
0:20.8	but if we don't develop habits that serve us and we don't have the ability to create new habits,
0:25.7	we're probably going to produce the same exact results over and over again.
0:29.0	You know, about 90% of our choices and thoughts every day are identical.
0:33.3	And so that's why, as a consequence, we produce the same external results.
0:36.9	In life, it's much more important to be focused on what's going on inside of us,
0:41.7	as opposed to what's going on outside of us, because everything once it leaves us is outside of our control.
0:47.8	We can control the things that are inside of us, which are our habits.
0:51.5	And the reason habits matter so deeply, I like James Clear's work on this
0:55.4	and other people's, including mine in my book, The Power of One More, I have a whole chapter
0:59.6	in there of how to develop healthy habits that serve you. But one of the reasons habits matter
1:04.2	is not just our day-to-day life, but under pressure in life, under stress, we always respond
1:10.2	reflexively. And so it's our reflex to respond habitually.
1:14.7	So there's a lot of autopilot in life. That's true. It's why sometimes you can be driving and not
1:18.6	even be thinking. And just you kind of just pull right off the freeway, go to your house, take the left,
1:23.0	take the right. You don't remember how you got home sometimes because you're on autopilot. You're on
1:27.0	habit mode. But under stress and pressure, we respond to these habits that are ours. And so how do we develop these new habits that serve us as opposed to the ones that don't? You show me your habits and I'm probably going to show you your life. I'm going to show you the difference that separates people is what they do habitually. And so we're going to talk about how to shift that a little bit.
1:45.8	So one thing a habit has to have to exist is conditioning, meaning you've got to be able to do it over and over and over again so that it can replace something that was there before. And so for me, when I look at an athlete, for example, that's very, very successful. if I deduce what their habits are and I develop the same habits,
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