By learning and putting good new habits into place, we become happier, attract quality people, and our lives just all-around feel better! If that’s something you’re looking for, then you’re going to be obsessed with my guest today: BJ Fogg (author of Tiny Habits, professor at Stanford University, and founder of The Behavior Design Lab). I totally geeked out over his book and, not to mention, fell completely in love with him during this interview. I have a feeling you will, too!
You’ll find out…
- What is The Maui Habit
- The overwhelming response to my Instagram poll about the habit YOU most wanted to work on
- How the process for learning a habit can be applied to any behavioral change
- What you need to do first when you want to start a new habit, but feel bad about yourself
- How / why a positive emotion (i.e., feeling good) wires in a habit
- Why a negative emotion being the catalyst for change can only be a temporary solution
- Mistakes people make that over-complicate things
- Why shoulds almost never become habits
- Why we are reluctant to start small
- The three hacks behind Tiny Habits
- How we know if we’re selecting the right anchor (trigger) for a new habit
- Examples of anchors that’ll help with waking up earlier and exercising
- The importance of clarifying your aspiration
- What is magic wanding
- Why so many still believe that if you repeat something for X number of days, then you’ll have yourself a habit
- How to form a habit with celebration (with examples)
- How to use social media for accountability and celebration re: new habits
- A quick cardio hack
- The importance of developing the Skill of Context and what that means with regard to habit and our environment
- How to make your room — from hotel to home — support your best habits
- Why Fogg created a new preface for the audio version of his book
- How to cope with competing motivations
- The concept of using a swarm to eliminate a bad habit
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If you liked this episode, check out Episode #488 – How To Follow Through on Simple Daily Habits
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