Sharper New Year Habits – STP028

Episode 28 - In this episode, we help you prepare for a sharper new YOU for next year by revisiting the subject of habits. We've produced a compilation episode on the subject, with all the really useful stuff from episodes 5,6 and 7.

If you'd like to listen to the FULL episodes, the links are here:



• Episode 5 (Breaking Bad), where we cover:
• What are habits?
• How are they formed? According to Charles Duhigg in his book – The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do, and How to Change
• The notion of cue/routine/reward
• Bad habits – smoking – yuk! How to stop with – The EasyWay method from Allen Carr
• The plasticity of our brains and changing habits
• Podcast resource 1 – Freakonomics Radio – How to be More Productive
• Changing behaviour – the BJ Fogg Model
• The notion of Motivation/Ability/Trigger
• Podcast resource 2 – The One You Feed Episode 91
• Why motivation is not the only way to change habits
• Why you should aim for ‘easy’
• Baby steps – or ‘How to design a website just by opening a laptop’
• David Allen’s idea of ‘Next Actions’ when tackling a project – GTD
• Episode 6 (Get Into the Groove), where we cover:
• New Year’s resolutions and why they don’t stick – some stats
• Gym memberships – some stats from Planet Money
• Apps which can help you with the ‘cue’ and ‘reward’ parts of habit forming
• For both Android and Apple, there’s – Coach.me
• Prefer simple and on Android? try – Loop Habit Tracker
• Prefer simple and on IOS (And Android)? try – Habit Bull
• Why the behaviour and reward cycle is so powerful – Judson Brewer on the TED stage
• Procrastination and how to attack it
• Episode 7 (Habits and the Write Stuff) where we cover:
• Even if you’ve already read it, it’s worth re-visiting – The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
• The urgent important matrix – Eisenhower version
• Charles Duhigg – Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business
• The Peter Bregman Podcast

Peter Bregman –18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction and Get the Right Things Done