Atomic Habits Author James Clear on How to Break Bad Habits | The Tim Ferriss Show

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James Clear, Atomic Habits - Mastering Habits, Growing an Email List to 2M+ People, Selling 10M+ Books, Cultivating Self-Awareness, and Much More
James Clear (@JamesClear) is a writer and speaker focused on habits and continuous improvement. He is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Atomic Habits, which covers easy and proven ways to build good habits and break bad ones. The book has sold more than 10 million copies worldwide and has been translated into more than 50 languages. On average, Atomic Habits has sold one copy every 15 seconds since it was published.
James is also the creator of the 3-2-1 Newsletter, which is one of the most popular email newsletters in the world and has more than 2 million subscribers. Each issue contains 3 short ideas from James, 2 quotes from other people, and 1 question to consider that week. You can sign up for free at JamesClear.com.
He is a regular speaker at Fortune 500 companies, and his work is used by players and coaches in the NFL, NBA, and MLB. In college, he was an Academic All-American baseball player, and he is an avid weightlifter.
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[@raulromero6462]

My beer always goes in the back of the fridge. Behind the fruits and veggies 🤣 it works for me

[@robgibson726]

Agree - I've come to appreciate the "substitution" idea. I was able to pretty much stop drinking by replacing my "Making dinner glass of wine.." with a kombucha, or tea or another placebo drink.

[@Potencyfunction]

Of course substitions. The old get lost and a new one come up. Who needs those kind of habitant* around .

[@davidwilliams9302]

My dad said when I was a teen: My willpower is at the store. If you don't bring it home, then consuming it is harder.

[@beltenebrosgr1904]

@davidwilliams9302 Hi, I hope you are doing well... Forgive me but I don't understand what you mean with what you said... English is not my first language. Can you please explain what you mean with what you said. Thank you for your time... 🙂

[@l1p3l33]

It's great always

[@theotherway1639]

One of the best things for me was mindfulness meditation. The workbook called 30 Days to Reduce Stress by Harper Daniels was super helpful.

[@davidwilliams9302]

Also, I have had a veracious consumption of caffeine my hole adult life. I also had a grandfather that drank TANKS of the stuff. I also figured out at age 44, that I had ADHD. Ding ding ding: dopamine seeking behavior. So that's the role it was filling (along with lifting the crushing mental fog so many people with ADHD experience). When I got proper meds, my caffeine consumption fell. Along with biting my finger nails, morning and afternoon snacking, among others. So some of our habits fill a role as a balm to a symptom, but dealing with the core problem makes chasing symptoms less necessary.

[@gudduentertains]

Apt, apt analysis.

[@FOGANA1]

Why wouldn't you put his clickable link in the description instead of just your promotional ones? Is that on purpose?

[@LauraBellanova]

❤🎉🎉🎉

[@PeterKoperdan]

Interlaced video in 2023. Interesting 🤔

[@Iarlen]

Where the F is waltuh? This aint breaking bad!

[@monikavandeloock]

BREAKING BAD!?!

[@chatstickers6662]

I have come to a conclusion that you cannot completely get rid of all bad habbits / sins , 1 will always stay. If I stop smoking n drinking i will play video games, if i stop playing games i will start gambling, if i stop gambling i will watch porn, if i stop porn and start nofap i will start scrolling on instagram. Its just a never ending loop of dopamine.

[@tsjamas]

Have you thought about what substitution habit you are okay with picking up before stopping with your current one? For example, maybe a certain video game is okay cause 1 round takes 1 hour and it’s less hard to stop after that. So basically brainstorm what activities could maybe still fulfill enough of your dopamine craving without to much negative consequences. Physical activity is also dopamine, but is prob not easy enough to start and do often. There are fantasy web serials that come out every weekday (with a game-like feeling and focused to bring dopamine) that’s 20 minute dopamine without having access to more, if you can have the discipline to only read 1 story (or only 2 stories for 40 min, etc.) If it’s true for you that at least in this period of your life you can’t get rid of an (last) bad dopamine habit, than acceptance is fine of course. You could choose the least bad habbit that you know still works. And maybe come back to try again years later. But I don’t know you, feel free to think whatever you want about the advice :p

[@tulinbeyduz920]

could become a buddhist monk ..

[@chatstickers6662]

@@tulinbeyduz920 honestly

[@chatstickers6662]

@@tsjamas yea i ve found the best habit and addiction so far, and it is sun tanning for hours alongside with working out daily. Leaves me feeling charged afterwards. But since im in europe i can only do that in summer. Honestly hope this is my last winter here, winters just suck.

[@tulinbeyduz920]

@@chatstickers6662 just joking 🙃