Use Atomic Habits to Upgrade Your Decisions – James Clear : 645
The Human Upgrade: Biohacking for Longevity & Performance
Dave Asprey
4.6 • 7.3K Ratings
🗓️ 19 November 2019
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Bulletproof Radio, what interests me most about James Clear is that he’s researched habits in the context of human potential—he’s always searching for the answer to a central question, “How can we live better?”
He’s a writer and speaker focused on habits, decision-making, and continuous improvement. His best-selling book, “Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones,” is grounded in meticulous research and details how habits can help people fulfill their potential.
“Your habits compound over time as they start to layer on top of each other and increase over time,” James says. “But your decisions—if you imagine your life is like a string of decisions—those decisions can compound for you or against you, too. The benefit of making a single good choice is fine, but the benefit of making a string of good choices can be significantly better. You're really trying to string those two together.”
His work has appeared in many media outlets, including Entrepreneur and Time magazines, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and on CBS This Morning. He also is a regular speaker at Fortune 500 companies, and his work is used by coaches and players in the NFL, NBA, and MLB.
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| 0:00.0 | Like I like this question, how did I collaborate with my own defeat? |
| 0:05.4 | It's a powerful question. |
| 0:08.4 | Right? |
| 0:09.4 | And so like, even it's not saying it's 50-50, it's not saying it's your fault. |
| 0:12.8 | Maybe it was like 98% luck and you only brought 2% which happened to be your attitude |
| 0:17.7 | on that given day. |
| 0:18.7 | But even if your attitude was positive, maybe the outcome wouldn't have changed. |
| 0:22.3 | But in every interaction we have in life, we bring something into that moment. |
| 0:26.6 | And so I think that question of how did I collaborate with my own defeat, how did I collaborate |
| 0:30.5 | with my own success, how did I collaborate in this conversation or situation? |
| 0:35.3 | What it does is even if it's not strictly mathematically true that it's all about your |
| 0:40.4 | habits or it's all about luck, it raises the question of the awareness around what is |
| 0:45.0 | within my control of what can I impact in this situation. |
| 0:56.9 | Bulletin proof radio, a state of high performance. |
| 1:01.2 | You're listening to Bulletin proof radio with Dave Asprey. |
| 1:04.6 | I decided that this year's biohacking conference theme is play. |
| 1:08.4 | Biohacking tech is cool, but the biohacking community is so important. |
| 1:13.2 | So we're having two specific sessions dedicated to making authentic connections and lifelong |
| 1:18.7 | friends who care about the things you care about, people like us. |
| 1:23.0 | Last year's dating Dojo sold out so fast that I had a second one for you this year. |
| 1:28.6 | This is a great structured way to connect with others in our community, whether you're |
| 1:32.6 | attending for business, pleasure or some above. |
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