James Clear
speaker
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 third law is to make it easy.
The easier, more convenient, frictionless, simple a habit is, the more likely it is to be performed.
And the fourth and final law is to make it satisfying.
So the more satisfying or enjoyable a habit is, the more rewarding or pleasurable it is, the more likely you are to feel compelled to do it.
The first three laws, make it obvious, make it attractive, make it easy, those three are about priming you to get started.
They're about making it easy to get into the habit this time.
The fourth law, make it satisfying, that like closes the feedback loop.
The behavior has already happened at that point, but the reward is important because it helps you feel good.
And that gets you to show up again the next time.
Make it obvious, make it attractive, make it easy, make it satisfying.
If you're trying to build a new habit, if you're sitting there and you're thinking, you know, I have this habit that I want to do, but I keep procrastinating on it.
I wish I could get to the gym, but I just haven't been doing that.
You can just go through these four laws and ask yourself, how can I make the habit more obvious?
How can I make it more attractive?
How can I make it easier?
How can I make it more satisfying?
And the answers to those four questions will reveal different steps that you can take.
They're naturally going to generate answers for things that you could do.
They're kind of like levers.
And when the levers are in the right positions, building habits is easier.
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