It's the 10% happier podcast. I'm Dan Harris. Hello everybody how we doing today we're coming back to what is for many of us a

diabolically difficult challenge how to overcome inertia and

I create habits that actually stick. In other words, how to get motivated.

The good news is this is something that has been studied quite extensively

and we've got a world leading expert on the science of motivation on the show today

alongside a fascinating and world-changing innovator who has helped come up with a plan

a program that has gotten hundreds of thousands of people off the couch and onto their feet.

We talk about the things that research suggests actually work.

When it comes to motivation, these include starting small having social support finding

your why and tracking slash celebrating your wins although on that last

score you want to do that without getting obsessive and my guests have some really good thoughts about that.

Said guests are Dr. Gary Bennett and T Morgan Dixon. Dr. Gary G Bennett is Dean of the Trinity College

of Arts and Sciences at Duke University.

He's also a professor of psychology and neuroscience, global health, medicine, and nursing,

and is the founding director of the Duke Digital Health Science Center.

He's authored nearly 200 scientific papers

and is a past president of the Society of Behavioral Medicine.

T. Morgan Dixon is a leader of Girl Trek, which is the largest health movement in America for black

women with over a million members and her story, the group's story as well is fascinating. Before we dive in, I just want to

shout out the person who turned me on to both Morgan and Gary. That person's

name is Jeffrey Walker. He has his own podcast called System Catilists where they did an episode, a great

episode on Morgan and Gary. So we'll put a link to that show in the show notes for this show.

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