James Clear

But collectively, making a dozen or two dozen or 50 little choices to how your office is laid out and how your living room is laid out and how your kitchen is laid out Yeah, now all of a sudden you're working and thriving in a space that is stacking the odds in your favor.

That's making it more likely that you will just choose the good thing because the healthy food is on the counter and the TV is behind a wall unit in a cabinet where you're less likely to see it. And the remote controller is inside a drawer and there's a book in its place. And you have a couple books that are scattered around on your desk waiting for you to pick them up and open them.

That's making it more likely that you will just choose the good thing because the healthy food is on the counter and the TV is behind a wall unit in a cabinet where you're less likely to see it. And the remote controller is inside a drawer and there's a book in its place. And you have a couple books that are scattered around on your desk waiting for you to pick them up and open them.

You can do it with digital spaces too. When I wanted to start reading more, I took Audible for audiobooks and I moved it to the home screen on my phone and took all the other apps and moved them to the second screen.

You can do it with digital spaces too. When I wanted to start reading more, I took Audible for audiobooks and I moved it to the home screen on my phone and took all the other apps and moved them to the second screen.

That's a very small thing and it doesn't guarantee the behavior, but it's another way to stack the odds in my favor that whenever I open up my phone, I'm reminded to listen to an audiobook for a few minutes rather than browse Instagram. And the more that you do those kinds of things, the more likely good behaviors are to arise.

That's a very small thing and it doesn't guarantee the behavior, but it's another way to stack the odds in my favor that whenever I open up my phone, I'm reminded to listen to an audiobook for a few minutes rather than browse Instagram. And the more that you do those kinds of things, the more likely good behaviors are to arise.

Isn't it kind of fascinating? Like you're someone that I think most people would describe as disciplined and high performing and talented and skilled. And you like look at yourself with that and you're like wheat thins beat me every time. I think about myself.

Isn't it kind of fascinating? Like you're someone that I think most people would describe as disciplined and high performing and talented and skilled. And you like look at yourself with that and you're like wheat thins beat me every time. I think about myself.

I was doing an interview with somebody else a couple of weeks ago and he was joking about how the number of cookies he can eat is either zero or 30 because if they're there, then he's going to eat them all. And I'm exactly that way. One of the best hacks that we've come up with is

I was doing an interview with somebody else a couple of weeks ago and he was joking about how the number of cookies he can eat is either zero or 30 because if they're there, then he's going to eat them all. And I'm exactly that way. One of the best hacks that we've come up with is

I love chocolate chip cookies and my wife will make them, but she'll make the balls of dough and then freeze them and put them in the freezer. And at night after dinner, we'll take them out and just take out two and put them on the pan and warm up the oven and put them in And it's actually a better experience because you get to eat like fresh baked, warm chocolate chip cookies.

I love chocolate chip cookies and my wife will make them, but she'll make the balls of dough and then freeze them and put them in the freezer. And at night after dinner, we'll take them out and just take out two and put them on the pan and warm up the oven and put them in And it's actually a better experience because you get to eat like fresh baked, warm chocolate chip cookies.

But you'll only eat two because all the rest of them are frozen. It's just enough friction to know that this is going to take another 15 minutes if I want to take two more out and heat them up. I don't actually need another cookie. Like I just wanted to eat it. What limits you from putting five on the tray? We just haven't gotten in the habit of doing that.

But you'll only eat two because all the rest of them are frozen. It's just enough friction to know that this is going to take another 15 minutes if I want to take two more out and heat them up. I don't actually need another cookie. Like I just wanted to eat it. What limits you from putting five on the tray? We just haven't gotten in the habit of doing that.

So hopefully that question won't wreck my psyche. And now we'll be doing that every night. Is part of that the accountability though, between you that probably you say, I want five, at least she's going to say, she'd be like, come on. Yeah, for sure. It's interesting the ways in which there's a whole discussion we can have about habits and marriage and relationships and how that influences things.

So hopefully that question won't wreck my psyche. And now we'll be doing that every night. Is part of that the accountability though, between you that probably you say, I want five, at least she's going to say, she'd be like, come on. Yeah, for sure. It's interesting the ways in which there's a whole discussion we can have about habits and marriage and relationships and how that influences things.

Cause you soak up each person soaks up a little bit of the other partner and But we've seen it work in a very positive way for training, which is there are going to be some days where I just like don't feel like working out after a full day at work. But she's like, all right, we're going to go to the gym. And then I'm like, OK, I'll change. And then other days I'm like, OK, I'm ready.

Cause you soak up each person soaks up a little bit of the other partner and But we've seen it work in a very positive way for training, which is there are going to be some days where I just like don't feel like working out after a full day at work. But she's like, all right, we're going to go to the gym. And then I'm like, OK, I'll change. And then other days I'm like, OK, I'm ready.

And she's like, all right. You know, and she didn't feel like it. That's really helpful for the long term consistency. But I've talked to other couples who have said my nutrition habits actually got worse because like one day I won't feel like cooking. I'll be like, hey, can we just order out? And she'll be like, OK, fine. And then the other day she won't feel like cooking.