Hi folks, this is Abel James, and thanks so much for listening to the Fat Burning Man Show.

Today's show is with James Clear, a former All-American baseball player, a man who certainly

knows his way around the

weight room, and an expert in behavioral change.

Now before we get to the show, I just wanted to talk quickly about the reason that I don't

have commercials on my show. After hitting number one in health and a million downloads

in less than a year, I've been approached by a lot of different folks who want me to advertise.

But I don't advertise on this show for a few reasons.

Number one, ads are kind of annoying.

I don't like them, and I'm sure you probably don't like them a whole lot either.

Number two, this one's much more important.

Whenever you choose to have an advertiser involved in what you're doing and your show,

they also have a bit of a stake in what you

have to say. So, for example, a lot of the folks who approach me who want to advertise on the show

are related to nutrition or food or fitness, fat burning supplements or protein bars with a bunch

of fake stuff in them. I'll never recommend a product or a service or even a person and their book or website or what have you on my show unless I absolutely believe that it could help you.

If I wanted to sell out, I would have stayed in strategy consulting.

But also, and this is kind of unfortunate, a lot of people when they take on advertisers, the advertisers have a little bit of say in what is said and not said by the person who's

creating the content or doing the interviews in this case.

So what I mean by that is my personal truth is that I don't think you should be eating at Wendy's

or eating Campbell's chicken noodle soup or drinking Gatorade or eating any fake foods for that matter.

Unfortunately, a lot of the people who

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