James Clear

If you – In the long run, your willpower will almost never beat your environment. And so it's up to you to design an environment and hang out with a set of people and put yourself in situations that serve the habits that you want to build rather than hinder them.

If you – In the long run, your willpower will almost never beat your environment. And so it's up to you to design an environment and hang out with a set of people and put yourself in situations that serve the habits that you want to build rather than hinder them.

If you – In the long run, your willpower will almost never beat your environment. And so it's up to you to design an environment and hang out with a set of people and put yourself in situations that serve the habits that you want to build rather than hinder them.

Yeah, well, there are two things that I wish I would have either emphasized more or added. And actually, we've touched on both of them briefly. So the first thing that I didn't write about that I wish I would have is what would your habits look like if they were fun? And finding the version of the habit that is most genuinely appealing to you.

Yeah, well, there are two things that I wish I would have either emphasized more or added. And actually, we've touched on both of them briefly. So the first thing that I didn't write about that I wish I would have is what would your habits look like if they were fun? And finding the version of the habit that is most genuinely appealing to you.

Yeah, well, there are two things that I wish I would have either emphasized more or added. And actually, we've touched on both of them briefly. So the first thing that I didn't write about that I wish I would have is what would your habits look like if they were fun? And finding the version of the habit that is most genuinely appealing to you.

In a lot of ways, I feel like that is like maybe the most enormous hurdle to cross, because if you're genuinely interested in a habit, there are like endless ways to improve it. But if you're not actually interested, you're just kind of forcing the issue or making yourself do it. Even the obvious improvements are going to feel like a chore. So that's the first thing.

In a lot of ways, I feel like that is like maybe the most enormous hurdle to cross, because if you're genuinely interested in a habit, there are like endless ways to improve it. But if you're not actually interested, you're just kind of forcing the issue or making yourself do it. Even the obvious improvements are going to feel like a chore. So that's the first thing.

In a lot of ways, I feel like that is like maybe the most enormous hurdle to cross, because if you're genuinely interested in a habit, there are like endless ways to improve it. But if you're not actually interested, you're just kind of forcing the issue or making yourself do it. Even the obvious improvements are going to feel like a chore. So that's the first thing.

The second thing is I talked about the influence of family and friends on your habits and how that can kind of shape things. But I think I undersold the importance of social environment. If you're if you look at habits that really last, like in some cases, years or even decades, like let's say I walk outside my home in the summer and I see my neighbor mowing their grass.

The second thing is I talked about the influence of family and friends on your habits and how that can kind of shape things. But I think I undersold the importance of social environment. If you're if you look at habits that really last, like in some cases, years or even decades, like let's say I walk outside my home in the summer and I see my neighbor mowing their grass.

The second thing is I talked about the influence of family and friends on your habits and how that can kind of shape things. But I think I undersold the importance of social environment. If you're if you look at habits that really last, like in some cases, years or even decades, like let's say I walk outside my home in the summer and I see my neighbor mowing their grass.

I might think, oh, I need to cut the grass, too. And like you'll stick to that habit of mowing your lawn for five, 10, 30 years, however long you live in the house. And like we wish we had that level of consistency with a lot of our other habits. And it's like, why do you do it?

I might think, oh, I need to cut the grass, too. And like you'll stick to that habit of mowing your lawn for five, 10, 30 years, however long you live in the house. And like we wish we had that level of consistency with a lot of our other habits. And it's like, why do you do it?

I might think, oh, I need to cut the grass, too. And like you'll stick to that habit of mowing your lawn for five, 10, 30 years, however long you live in the house. And like we wish we had that level of consistency with a lot of our other habits. And it's like, why do you do it?

Partially you do it because it feels good to have a clean lawn, but mostly it feels good to have a clean lawn because you don't be judged by the people in the neighborhood for being the sloppy one. And so it's actually the social expectation, the social norm for what it means to be a neighbor on your street that helps get that habit to stick.

Partially you do it because it feels good to have a clean lawn, but mostly it feels good to have a clean lawn because you don't be judged by the people in the neighborhood for being the sloppy one. And so it's actually the social expectation, the social norm for what it means to be a neighbor on your street that helps get that habit to stick.

Partially you do it because it feels good to have a clean lawn, but mostly it feels good to have a clean lawn because you don't be judged by the people in the neighborhood for being the sloppy one. And so it's actually the social expectation, the social norm for what it means to be a neighbor on your street that helps get that habit to stick.

And so many of our habits are socially driven like that. So those are the two things that I wish I would have emphasized more.

And so many of our habits are socially driven like that. So those are the two things that I wish I would have emphasized more.