James Clear - Down The Habit Hole

Every Thursday over 3 million people want to hear what James Clear has to say. They do so in the form of his ‘3-2-1 newsletter’, one of most popular newsletters on the planet. In 2018 James Clear published his book Atomic Habits, a comprehensive, practical guide on how to change your habits and get 1% better every day. And that book has now sold over 15million copies. So you won’t be surprised to see how excited we were to have Jame Clear as this week's guest lecturer in The Academy of Imperfection.

In this episode we learn about the importance of habits. Both the good and bad ones. We learn James’s four laws of behaviour change (make it obvious, make it attractive, make is easy, make it satisfying); the value of goals; we discuss Josh, Hugh and Ryan’s own personal history with habit setting; and how small incremental changes to your habits can set you on the path to achieving your goals and ultimately becoming the kind of person you would like to be.

00:00 - When Life Gets Tough
10:31 - A Single Player Game
19:49 - Meaningful Things Take Time
22:00 - What Would This Look Like If It Was Fun?
30:05 - The Problems People Have with Habits
35:21 - It Feels Good to Be Moving Forward
41:05 - Show Up for You (or Who You Want to Be)
46:21 - Lean into What’s Working
52:49 - Why Do I Resist Good Habits?
1:04:45 - Just Give It A Fun Name

You can purchase James Clear’s best selling book - Atomic Habits here, https://bit.ly/3UKx0in.

If you would like to subscribe to James’ 3-2-1 Newsletter, click here, https://bit.ly/44swR6o.

And you can find James’ habit tracking app ‘Atoms’ here https://bit.ly/4b1Pq41

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