James Clear

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1,852 appearances 7 recordings 7 series first heard Dec 2024 last heard 12 May

James Clear’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The human mind is a learning machine.

Almost every skill that you have today was previously unknown to you.

When you were born, you didn't know how to tie your shoes or cut a tomato or make spaghetti or whatever.

But you know all that stuff now because you practiced it.

And you can get better at anything that you practice.

I think it's interesting if you look at people, what are people spending their time practicing each day?

You know, like a lot of people are practicing the art of getting mad on social media.

People are practicing the fine craft of being fearful and reading about all the ways that the world is falling apart.

They're practicing scrolling their phone.

What are you trying to get good at?

I think it's worth to ask, what am I practicing each day?

What am I training for?

And every moment is a repetition.

And your brain will automatically get better at the things that you repeat.

Whatever you repeat, you reinforce.

And so you want to make sure you're reinforcing the right things.

Here's an interesting one for you.

Something like scrolling your phone or whatever.

Most people would be like, yeah, that's probably one I don't want to do as much.

But what I find interesting are the habits that used to serve me well, but don't serve me as well now.

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