How to Create Atomic Habits for a Better Life with James Clear (Part 2)

The One You Feed

Eric Zimmer

Education, Self-improvement, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness, Buddhism, Mental Health

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🗓️ 23 December 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Key Concepts in This Episode:

1. Physical environment plays a huge role in supporting the habit(s) we are trying to create or eliminate. We can improve our environment by making the habit more obvious and reducing friction (or making it less obvious and increasing friction for those we are trying eliminate).

2. Social environment is also an important factor in how it affects our behavior when it comes to creating good habits. By finding a social environment that provides a sense of belonging and friendship, we can increase the attractiveness of habits that leads to more motivation and better outcomes.

3. The best place to start is making new habits easy and convenient by scaling them down to something very small, such as the "2 minute rule". The goal is to establish the habit by first showing up and doing the small action consistently. Once the habit is established, it can then be improved and becomes easier to maintain

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0:00.0	In case you're just recently joining us or however long you've been a listener of the show,
0:04.4	you may not realize we have years and years of incredible episodes in our archives.
0:08.9	We've had so many wonderful guests that we've decided to hand pick one of our favorites that
0:13.4	may be new to you, but if not, it's definitely worth another listen. This week is a two-part series,
0:19.2	so we hope you'll enjoy Part 2 with James Clear. If I leave the phone in another room,
0:25.0	then I never go get it in the morning, which is always so funny to me because I never wanted
0:29.4	enough to put in 45 seconds of work.
0:39.8	Welcome to the One You Feed. Throughout time, great thinkers have recognized the importance of
0:45.0	the thoughts we have, quotes like garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think, ring true,
0:52.0	and yet for many of us, our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us. We tend toward negativity,
0:58.0	self-pity, jealousy, or fear. We see what we don't have instead of what we do. We think things that
1:04.8	hold us back and dampen our spirit. But it's not just about thinking, our actions matter.
1:10.8	It takes conscious, consistent, and creative effort to make a life worth living.
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