Clear(ing) Things Up

I chanced on a Polina Pompliano interview of James Clear on YouTube the other day. (Nice job, algorithm.) It was riddled with useful tips. As I pull this from memory, forgive me if I mix a some of the ideas up.

Here's just a few:

• Join a group where your desired behavior is common behavior.
• Your thoughts are down stream from what you consume. Consume better things.
• When you choose whom to follow, you're choosing your future thoughts.

They also discussed the differences between habits of thought and habits of action. A habit of action, say grabbing a donut from the counter and eating it, is infinitely easier to fix than a habit of thought. With action, your brain has a few seconds to react before scarfing the donut, lighting the cigarette, or downing the entire bottle of wine.

Habits of thought are more difficult to deal with. There's not much time to intercept a negative thought. Most of James' work revolves around habits of action. He's still working out ideas on handling habits of thought. (I'm looking forward to reading what he comes up with.)

James did have one suggestion when dealing with habits of thought, which is reframing it. Instead of saying, "I have to do X," try saying, "I get to do X."

You can see the interview here.

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