Building atomic habits with James Clear

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🗓️ 27 June 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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As a blogger and executive coach, James Clear spent years studying how to form and change habits. His research culminated in the book "Atomic Habits”, which has sold more than 15 million copies and been translated into over 50 languages. James speaks with Adam about changing our systems for achieving goals, building habits around identities as well as actions, and accumulating small wins that add up to big change. Transcripts for ReThinking are available at go.ted.com/RWAGscripts

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective
0:07.0	I'm Dylan Marin and I have 30 seconds to convince you to listen to my new podcast about
0:11.3	Jar Jar Binks.
0:12.3	Yep, Jar Jar Binks.
0:14.0	So Jar Jar was actually played by an actor named Ahmed Best and he became the subject
0:18.6	of one of the internet's very first hate campaigns.
0:21.4	We made a podcast all about the early internet Star Wars cultural backlash Jar Jar and what
0:25.8	happens when internet hate gets too real.
0:28.7	Okay, stick around after this episode for a taste of the show.
0:32.4	You can find the redemption of Jar Jar Binks wherever you get your podcasts.
0:36.5	Hey everyone, it's Adam Grant.
0:40.5	Welcome back to Rethinking, my podcast on the Science of What Makes Us Tick.
0:44.5	I'm an organizational psychologist and I'm taking you inside the minds of fascinating
0:48.1	people to explore new thoughts and new ways of thinking.
0:56.3	My guest today is James Clear.
0:58.5	He's the author of Atomic Habits which is sold over 15 million copies and might be the
1:03.4	most practical book I've ever read.
1:05.5	He has a remarkable capacity for distilling complex ideas about behavior change into actionable
1:11.1	insights which he features in his weekly newsletter, 321.
1:16.1	I wrote one of the advance endorsements for his book but this is the first time we've
1:19.9	ever spoken and I have some habits I'm ready to change.
1:26.9	So tell me, how did you get interested in habits?
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