James Clear || How to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones
The Psychology Podcast
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4.4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 18 October 2018
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Today it’s a great delight to have James Clear on the podcast. Clear’s website, jamesclear.com, receives millions of visitors each month, and hundreds of thousands subscribe to his email newsletter. His work has appeared in the New York Times, Time, and Entrepreneur, and on CBS This Morning, and is taught in colleges around the world. Clear is the creator of The Habits Academy, the premier training platform for organizations and individuals that are interested in building better habits in life and work. His latest book is called “Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones”. - How the mind is a “suggestion engine” - How James has grown since his last appearance on The Psychology Podcast - The importance of “dichotomy transcendence” - The importance of choosing the best environment for your genes - How was easily fall into “frictionless” habits - How environment design plays a crucial role in habit change - The four laws of behavior change - The multiple levels of behavior change - The link between identity and habit change - The importance of small habits - Why we should stop focusing on goals and focus on systems instead - Why it’s easier to build a new habit in a new environment - How to go from good to great
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Psychology Podcast, where we give you insights into the mind, brain, behavior, and creativity. |
| 0:13.0 | I'm Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman, |
| 0:15.0 | and in each episode I have a conversation with a guest |
| 0:18.0 | who will stimulate your mind |
| 0:19.0 | and give you a greater understanding of yourself, others, |
| 0:22.0 | and the world we live in. |
| 0:23.6 | Hopefully we'll also provide a glimpse into human possibility. |
| 0:27.1 | Thanks for listening and on the podcast. |
| 0:37.0 | Clear's website James Clear. |
| 0:39.0 | James Clear.com receives millions of visitors each month and hundreds of thousands |
| 0:43.2 | subscribe to his email newsletter. His work has appeared in the New York Times, Time, |
| 0:47.2 | and entrepreneur and on CBS this morning and is taught in colleges around the |
| 0:51.5 | world. Clear is the creator of the Habits Academy, |
| 0:54.5 | the premier training platform for organizations and individuals |
| 0:57.5 | that are interested in building better habits in life and work. |
| 1:00.0 | His latest book is called Atomic Habits, an Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones. |
| 1:06.0 | James, such a delight to chat with you today. |
| 1:08.0 | Hey, thanks so much for having man. |
| 1:10.0 | Good talk to you too. I mean this book that you did is right now at this point in your life your Magnum |
| 1:15.3 | Opus. Yeah that's true I mean it's the most complete and comprehensive guide that I've put together on how |
| 1:20.8 | habits work and really how to change them or how to shape them. |
| 1:24.4 | And you know, it's funny, I mean as a scientist you'll appreciate this philosophy too, but I think a lot of authors, |
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