Ted Talk 214: Why Are Bad Habits So Hard to Break? (And What to do About it)

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Ted Ryce

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🗓️ 9 February 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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In this Ted Talk episode, Ted explains the link between stress and unhealthy habits, how habits are formed, and proven strategies to break bad habits for good. Tune in to learn how to eliminate those bad habits—whatever they may be—and interrupt the cycle. Listen now!

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0:00.0	So the first step in changing these behaviors is one to become aware that their
0:09.2	habits and we have these habits and maybe you can ask yourself the deeper questions to figure out where they come from but to be honest we don't need to know where they come from it might be helpful to know I think it's helpful to know. But the way to change your behavior, and this
0:25.7	is going to sound super simple, and it is, but it's also very hard, is we need to every time that behavior shows up we need to do something different.
0:39.0	Welcome to the Legendary Life Podcast where it's all about taking control of your health, losing fat,
0:45.1	transforming your body, and living the life you deserve with Celebrity Fitness
0:49.5	trainer and longevity enthusiast Ted Rice. Now back to the show. Why is it so hard to break bad habits?
0:58.8	Have you ever asked yourself that when you're trying to change, you're trying to get yourself to do something and then the
1:05.7	stress comes back on and you just fall back into old behaviors. Why is it so hard to break these bad habits?
1:14.0	That is what we're going to talk about today.
1:16.2	Welcome back to the show.
1:17.3	I'm your host, Ted Rice,
1:19.8	coach to business owners and busy professionals. And part of what I do is help people break these bad
1:26.2	habits and I have a history of having many bad habits. Now you may see me on social media or hear me on this podcast and say wow man that guy really must have his life together.
1:38.0	Well, I have my life more together than I ever have, but I still struggle with these habits,
1:45.1	with some of these habits.
1:46.1	And today I want to share with you some stories that will help you understand your bad habits
1:52.2	better, why you have them, why they're so hard to
1:56.0	break, and more importantly, what you can do about it.
1:59.8	So here's what I want to share with you first. I had this really bad habit in my 20s of coming
2:07.0	home and smoking marijuana. Now in my 20s, in case you haven't heard this story story I was a personal trainer in Miami Beach I worked with a lot of
2:16.0	celebrities I worked with Robert Downey Jr. Ricky Martin got to train
2:21.7	Richard Branson one day and a bunch of other celebrities.
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