Copy & Paste Strategy: How to Accelerate Change by Borrowing What Works (TPS598)

The Productivity Show

Asian Efficiency

Business, Careers, Education, Management, Self-improvement

4.6 • 549 Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

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In this episode, we dive into Katy Milkman’s “Copy & Paste” strategy—a powerful shortcut for behavior change. Instead of reinventing the wheel, learn how to identify “close match” role models and deliberately imitate their specific tactics. We explore the research showing why copying beats planning, share real-world examples from exercise to automation, and give you […]

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0:28.9	Welcome to The Productivity Show, podcast where we believe that people like you can get the
0:33.1	important things done without sacrificing your health, family, things that matter to you.
0:37.0	If it's your first time
0:37.8	listening, welcome to the show. I'm TAN founder of Asian Efficiency coming to you from Austin, Texas.
0:43.7	And here at AE, we help people become more productive at work and in life. And I have my co-host
0:48.7	in another country in Canada, Vancouver, to be specific. And that is Brooks Duncan.
0:54.6	How are you today, Brooks?
0:56.2	I have a problem.
0:57.9	I've got the bug, the Claude, the Claude bug.
1:01.9	I started going down the rabbit hole of Claude co-work.
1:04.7	I feel like this is all your fault, but started generating videos with re-motion,
1:14.2	started re- yeah, started like just basic stuff just to play around started organizing my files in my scan and download inbox like it's you know the
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