The Better Show

Building Better Habits

Episode Summary

We discuss the secrets of building better habits, including the 4 laws of making or breaking habits, physical totems, the paperclip story, and habit competition apps. We share our 2019 habits we're trying to create and break, and how we're going to do it.

Episode Notes

We discuss the secrets of building better habits, including the 4 laws of making or breaking habits, physical totems, the paperclip story, and habit competition apps. We share our 2019 habits we're trying to create and break, and how we're going to do it.

Show Notes

• 2:55— Why do habits matter?
• 9:52— Willpower & habits
• 15:05— Our 2019 habits we want to create
• 20:09— The habits we want to break in 2019
• 23:13— Our personal experiences with habits
• 31:55— Tips & hacks for habits
• 43:22— 4 laws for making or breaking habits
• 1:12:42— Quick hits: physical totems, competition app, the paperclip story, batching habits
• 1:21:15— Our 2019 habit experiments

Products Mentioned

• Atomic Habits Cheatsheet
• Habit Contract Template
• Ian's first 2019 book review: Become Financially "Unshakeable" in 2019
• Subscribe to Ian's 2019 book reviews
• SPAR! Social habit building app
• The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
• Atomic Habits by James Clear

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