Behavioral Change

A couple of years ago, I went to a bachelor party in Alaska. The location could not have been more epic: our friend Luke’s cabin on Chandalar Lake in the Brooks Range, which you can only get to by small plane (Luke flew us in). Certainly, the location alone would have been enough to make everyone feel like they were at a true Alaskan bachelor party, but someone had a… Read More »The Uniform Effect

This year, instead of changing you, focus on changing your setup – your physical environment, the various spaces in your life. And instead of committing to maintaining some new behavioral regimen, commit to maintaining your improved setup. This is the most important principle of smart willpower strategy. Get your physical space right, and the behaviors you want to do in that space become massively easier. James Clear recently explained why… Read More »A Better Type of New Year’s Resolution

  Most healthy behaviors are simple. Eat vegetables. Exercise. Read. See? Nothing complicated there. Very simple to do. But unless you have established these behaviors as habits, they’re not easy to do. Simple is not the same as easy. Meditation is simple. You just sit still with your eyes closed and focus on your breath. But it’s not easy, so if you want to start a meditation habit, you’ll need… Read More »Simple is Not the Same as Easy