James Clear
The One You Feed
Eric Zimmer
4.6 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 8 December 2014
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
In This Interview James and I Discuss...
The One You Feed parable.
How money can be an addiction that society rewards.
How much we over estimate one defining moment versus steady day to day behavior.
The aggregation of marginal gains- improve by 1% in everything you do.
Small changes can lead to big results.
Reduce the Scope, Stick to The Schedule.
Not letting your emotions drive your behavior.
The difference between professionals and amateurs.
It's not the result that matters but the action and habit.
The 2 Minute Rule.
How willpower often comes after we start, not before.
"Start with something so easy you can't say no to it"- Leo Babuta
You don't have to be great at the start, you just need to be there.
Learning from our failures and seeing it as a data point.
Seeing failure as an event, not as part of us.
How mentally tough people define themselves by their persistence, not failure.
Acquiring more mental toughness or grit.
How 21 days to create a habit is a myth.
Missing a habit once in awhile is not a big deal.
Never missing twice.
Fixed Mindset versus Growth Mindset.
How your job is to live out your unique path.
The difference between competitiveness and comparison.
How the performance matters, not the judgement of it.
Ambition and contentment are not opposites.
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| 0:00.0 | We often think that, oh, if I start with something so small, then it isn't going to make a difference. |
| 0:03.6 | It's not going to matter. |
| 0:04.5 | But the truth is, because that momentum builds after you get going, you can often start with something very tiny, |
| 0:10.5 | and then it'll blossom into something much bigger afterward. |
| 0:20.9 | Welcome to the One You Feed. |
| 0:22.9 | Throughout time, great thinkers have recognized the importance of the thoughts we have, |
| 0:27.5 | quotes like garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think, ring true. |
| 0:33.1 | And yet, for many of us, our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us. |
| 0:37.3 | We tend to add negativity, self-pity, jealousy, or fear. |
| 0:42.0 | We see what we don't have instead of what we do. |
| 0:44.9 | We think things that hold us back and dampen our spirit. |
| 0:48.4 | But it's not just about thinking. |
| 0:50.4 | Our actions matter. |
| 0:51.8 | It takes conscious, consistent, and creative effort to make a life worth living. |
| 0:56.6 | This podcast is about how other people keep themselves moving in the right direction. |
| 1:01.0 | How they feed their good wolf. |
| 1:03.2 | Hi, it's Elvis Jaran, on my new podcast, Thinking Out Loud with Elvis Jaran. |
| 1:20.1 | I'll be bringing you candid and maybe sometimes a little crazy interviews with people from all walks of life. |
| 1:25.1 | We'll touch on subjects that you just can't talk about on the radio, like life, love, success, |
| 1:29.7 | failure, whatever else comes to mind. |
| 1:31.3 | But I'll jacked up because after being in this business for as long as I have, |
| 1:35.2 | I want to get to the bottom of what makes people tick. |
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