It changed my life too. It's the best investment I ever made. And the irony is that I made it by mere chance and not by habit because I don't usually go into a store to buy whatever book I find in there. lol It was 14 euros well spent for sure.
Vish It was life changing because even that basic knowledge the author offers about habits, I lacked. Yes, it's boring because of the many examples I admit. To be honest I stopped reading halfway through and picked it up again after two weeks and finished it just because I was curious to see if there is anything more to learn about the subject. It's truly generic and not a self-help book (which I have no problem with that because I don't like them much), but it triggered an interest in me about the subject and I started learning more about it when I finished it. I wouldn't recommend anyone to finish the book. I struggled myself many times. But if you're in the first chapter, I would suggest to keep reading. There are some interesting facts he describes later. I found them interesting at least.
So that's why I'm so hooked on YT. Routine: look left, scroll down. Reward: entertainment consumed. Cue: brain hungry for more. Quick, easy, endless looping.
You're automatically cued to watch the next video when you see all those thumbnails you could choose from. But yes the very first video watched would have a different cue.
When I get into an obsessive mental knot over a creative problem, I get up and go outside, despite the self-repudiating inner dialogue. I love taking in the fresh air and scent of blossoms. Five minutes later, I return to my desk without the mental knot and a pleasant feeling of starting fresh.
Some habits have the power to start a chain reaction and change other habits. In other words, some matter more than others in remaking businesses and lives. These are keystone habits, and they can influence how people work, eat, play, live, spend, and communicate. Keystone habits start a process that transforms EVERYTHING. For example, my keystone habit was waking up early every morning. This caused me to be more productive, allowing me to create a morning routine full of other good habits. For more on this, I summarized the book into 7 key lessons.
I've heard that the marshmallow story is incomplete. Followup research showed that children from wealthier backgrounds, where resources were common, were less distressed about leaving the marshmallow alone, accepting the promise of future doubling of the marshmallow. While children from poorer backgrounds, were more insecure about future promises, and would take the one they had on hand since they didn't expect a future additional marshmallow.
+Nick Radonic I'm not saying this to be rude, but it would be nice to have some additional info on that part of the research. You would normally think that something like that would be either controlled or screened for somehow.
+nyk4ever I'm saying that human behavior has many layers of meaning. No single motivation or rational is sufficient to define a behavior. We are not machines. As for the incomplete reference: www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2012-10-17/what-does-the-marshmallow-test-actually-test - well, I didn't feel like Googling it at the time....
And the power of habit is the will to change. The words I remember from the book and has impacted my life in a positive way. Thank you Charles Duhigg!!
What I learn here is that you should have a cue and rewards to build your habit. And to resist the temptation, you should not focus on it, distract yourself from it. Also, try to plan ahead of time because soon you will fail your own challenge when you get hot-blood. Fail to plan is plan to fail.
Groundbreaking and refreshing nueroscience behind our habit forming loop, I strongly recommend this book for everyone who is struggling to achieve any goal! Love this Tedtalk!!
I started reading his book (The Power of Habit) today. I'm excited to learn (or re-learn) something new... here's to acquiring new value- adding habits 🥂😀👏🏽🤞🏽💃🏾
This is a perfect example of being successful to follow the three components cue, behavior and rewards. Habits related to behavior Behavior related to obedience Obedience related to success This will definitely changes someone's life
Great words 👏and I invite everyone to build a good habit for life which will change his life for better standards and even his children, family, relatives...etc " Listening to audio books is one of the greatest habits that enable you to learn brilliant new ideas of great thinkers and authors. Just try Listening to " Atomic Habits " by James Clear
1. Habit Loop: Cues, Routine, Rewards. (Rat+Chocolate Experiment) 2. Improve Will power: Choosing a reaction ahead of time. Be aware of my Hot-Blooded and Cold-Blooded emotional states. (Marshmallow Test).
THE HABIT LOOP: CUE ->ROUTINE ->REWARD Changing Habits starts with improving Will Power. Pre-empt the temptation by deciding what you will do HABIT TO DISCOURAGE BEHAVIOUR: Decide on the cue and the reward to help you avoid a temptation X. HABIT TO ENCOURAGE BEHAVIOUR: Decide on the cue and the reward to help you complete a new task Y. I've also read EIGHT HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE by Stephen Covey. He asserts PRINCIPLES & VALUES ->Create CHARACTER ->character builds HABITS ->highly effective habits build SUCCESS (GREATNESS) I'm thinking the cross over is substitute WILLPOWER with CHARACTER or keep BOTH PRINCIPLES & VALUES ->CHARACTER ->HABITS ->SUCCESS (GREATNESS) PRINCIPLES & VALUES ->WILLPOWER ->HABITS ->SUCCESS (GREATNESS) PRINCIPLES & VALUES ->CHARACTER|WILLPOWER ->HABITS ->SUCCESS (GREATNESS)
The cue was anger, the reward was holding up college honor roll medals as a middle finger to the person that instead of empathizing with me, gave me an ultimatum, the habit was pursuit of college honor roll grades over all, even my deepest passions, I held my end of the bargain but time and time again, even with my new intellectual habit, the conniving person that stared at my college honor roll medals always schemed for the same goal she has had against me since I was 9 yrs old, a promise to ruin my life for trying to runaway from her abusive home, and this is the psychotic mom people supported.
I stumbled upon this book, as random as possible, and I must say - once I started reading the book I was so absorbed. I started reading summaries, I started looking for interpretations, recommend it to every person, talk about it - that's how much I love this book. There's an example with a girl biting her nails, and not only her nails, he explains in detail. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I DID MY ENTIRE LIFE. And that's right - it's just physical sensation. And for the first time in my life I started believing that I can finally get rid of this annoying habit - and this is a HUUUUUGE accomplishment. I'm really happy that I finally made it to create a habit for me that doesn't imply biting the skin around my nails. Anyhoo, this just confirmed that if i did this (I fought with this habit via multiple ways), I can change the way I want - got me really motivated. I don't agree with all the example, but mostly yes. Great book, I love it!
Great to meet the author of the "Power of Habit" book. All thanks to Technology. I'm talking about Smart devices and Internet networks that made this possible. Someone Working on technology is rewarding for me.
my opinion, no it did not help me at all, it keeps talking about history and keeps telling stories that maybe will motivate you but no information at all how to solve your problem, try brian tracy he is more unto business but he teaches well on how to properly enhance your good habits
Love this lecture and the book. Love that the science shows through so you can make your own reasoning and combinations. Very insightful and helpful in my quest to understand the working principles of human health.
Is more than that. Habits shaped your life . If you understand how the habit loop work you will transform your relation with money, people, love, your body, brain. The book is a treasure.
I never agreed with the part in his book where he was saying that new songs became popular because radio stations often put them in between already known songs. But at the end of the summer olympics ceremony in Paris just now, they first had Red Hot Chillipeppers singing "Can't stop". Then Billie Eilish singing her new song "Birds of a feather". At the end Snoop Dog was singing "Drop it like its hot" and "The next episode". I really liked Eilish's new song, but upon closer thought maybe the reason I do is because her song was packaged into something already well known. It's fascinating and honestly kind of disturbing.
His book, The Power of Habit, and of the psychologist he mentioned in the video, Angela Duckworth's Grit, are life-changing. If you are fed up with your life and you feel a lack of passion and perseverance is preventing you from reaching your fullest potential, I highly recommend that you read both of their books. Seriously. Go get yourself a copy of each. The science behind them will break it down for you, and will make you realize that real change is achievable.
my reply to the starbucks part of this video: Sometimes you get bad customer service, because you are a bad customer. we teach our children to not bully others, yet we bully others in customer service positions when we dont get our way from the "false sense of entitlement" best summed up as The Customer is Always Right.
See you are talking about a straw man argument. IT IS NOT CORRECT TO SAY: Sometimes you get a bad customer service because you are a bad customer. If you had been trained correctly or even understood Customer Service....CS is not a response to Customer action, its part of your job "deliver product with good customer service".
I made a habit of watching yed talks daily. Also writing comments like this one , well i hope to improve the quality of my comment writing skills ... Im still working on that
Overall, very engaging talk about habit with interesting clips from the classic marshmallow experiment. When the young boy who resisted eating the 1st marshmallow to get the 2nd actually got the 2nd one he binged on both - classic abstinence violation effect which is actually problematic! Also important to note: the brain does not "turn off" when we get to the point of automatically exhibiting new habits. Automatic behaviors just get encoded in different regions of the brain - lots of brain activity in many different regions is needed to both form and activate habits!
I think the professor from Stanford who discussed how to create habits was more evolved than this one. He also said that a cue or trigger and consequential reward is necessary to perform the action you want to make a habit. The difference with his model is that you don't have to create cues. That's really hard! All you have to do is put the action after something you already do (put on the dogs leash before a walk, brush your teeth, eat a meal, use the bathroom, etc). It seems much more effective because that way your brain doesn't have to do the extra work of remembering the cue. Also, it doesn't make since to equate willpower with a habit because that implies that the former can be automatic instead of something that has to be trained just like the kid had to adjust in order to avoid eating the marshmallow. He was building his willpower to accomplish the goal at hand, but after the 150th test, he would need very little willpower if any at all to complete the action and get the reward that he knows and loves!
I feel like most of what you have written above is essentially what is in the book. However, if you have not been able to develop a new habit despite the 'things that you already do' you need a trigger.
He talks about it in the book. He can't put his entire book into a 15-minute talk. But he does have a habit of using the wrong words for things I have noticed. He shouldn't be using the word willpower. The book is better than this talk and is way more detailed
This is how u end up onlineshopping so much, u brows the internet, find something nice, stops then think about all the situations or moments ur going to benefit having this item, when you've justified enough things for the item for you to own it, u buy it Then u wiat for it to arrive, until u get the reward in the post, and most likely don't use the item as often as you thought u would. Becaus ethe reward of the shopping was reciving and opening the package, not the item itself Then u go back to the internet, and look for a new instant reward you can give yourself in the mail
Deciding ahead of a time what to do I think falls into that Mel’s 5-2-3-2-1, breaking the body autopilot mode. Or perhaps in this case, tweaking what you do on autopilot. You need Less willpower in deciding as you allready have decision. Instead of being hungry & forcing yourself then and there to choose a healthier option, especially more difficult if it takes longer time.
Провёл эксперимент со своим четырехлетним сыном (4.4 года). Он как услышал, что будет две плитки шоколада вместо одной, сразу отложил. Когда я повторил, что он может съесть сразу (пока эти слова говорил, он взял и хотел было укусить), но тогда больше не получит другую, а если подождёт указанное время, то получит две, он отложил плитку и стал ждать. :) Было интересно наблюдать за ним, но он выдержал испытание и с удовольствием слопал обе плитки шоколада! :D
I like a lot of what he said, but having gossip as a reward is not good. Gossip is destructive and hurts those you are talking about. Other than that part, I pretty much agreed with what he was talking about.
David William A. Why not just a different healthy treat? That surprised me . almonds, pumpkin seeds with cinnamon in the oven, peanut butter with celery to name a few.. Maybe a sugar free cookie from his house he could ve brought or low calorie cookie.. 👍
Does it work with ADDers? My brother always exhorts me to build habits but as someone who can’t even remember to brush my teeth every few days. Not sure if it would work. For the record I’m in medicated because whatever meds I have access to trigger my congenital heart condition.
How to do focus on anything? While I try to focus on things I get easily distracted from my own thoughts and move from one task to other? I think habit of focusing is most important habit in this world to achieve your goals. Though I already achieved my goals even without proper focus lol but focus is really important.
"the power of habit" changed my life.
It changed my life too. It's the best investment I ever made. And the irony is that I made it by mere chance and not by habit because I don't usually go into a store to buy whatever book I find in there. lol It was 14 euros well spent for sure.
Jordan Schlansky how?? It's boring for me.. I'm on the first chapter though. No offense intended.
Vish It was life changing because even that basic knowledge the author offers about habits, I lacked. Yes, it's boring because of the many examples I admit. To be honest I stopped reading halfway through and picked it up again after two weeks and finished it just because I was curious to see if there is anything more to learn about the subject.
It's truly generic and not a self-help book (which I have no problem with that because I don't like them much), but it triggered an interest in me about the subject and I started learning more about it when I finished it.
I wouldn't recommend anyone to finish the book. I struggled myself many times.
But if you're in the first chapter, I would suggest to keep reading. There are some interesting facts he describes later. I found them interesting at least.
Jordan Schlansky well, thanks.
One of the best books I have read till now.
So that's why I'm so hooked on YT. Routine: look left, scroll down. Reward: entertainment consumed. Cue: brain hungry for more. Quick, easy, endless looping.
You're automatically cued to watch the next video when you see all those thumbnails you could choose from. But yes the very first video watched would have a different cue.
Let's not forget novelty.
oh hey, look a comment. *hastily puts a reply on there*
That isn't a cue, more a response/outcome. SRO is the common habitual paradigm
Yeah!
This man has literally changed my life with his research and Book.
This is the really important stuff. Research like this is what can really influence your life.
When I get into an obsessive mental knot over a creative problem, I get up and go outside, despite the self-repudiating inner dialogue. I love taking in the fresh air and scent of blossoms. Five minutes later, I return to my desk without the mental knot and a pleasant feeling of starting fresh.
This book changed my thinking , my behavior and my life, forever.
Thank you and respect this guy who write great book to share his knowleage.
Some habits have the power to start a chain reaction and change other habits. In other words, some matter more than others in remaking businesses and lives. These are keystone habits, and they can influence how people work, eat, play, live, spend, and communicate. Keystone habits start a process that transforms EVERYTHING.
For example, my keystone habit was waking up early every morning. This caused me to be more productive, allowing me to create a morning routine full of other good habits.
For more on this, I summarized the book into 7 key lessons.
I've heard that the marshmallow story is incomplete. Followup research showed that children from wealthier backgrounds, where resources were common, were less distressed about leaving the marshmallow alone, accepting the promise of future doubling of the marshmallow. While children from poorer backgrounds, were more insecure about future promises, and would take the one they had on hand since they didn't expect a future additional marshmallow.
+Nick Radonic I'm not saying this to be rude, but it would be nice to have some additional info on that part of the research. You would normally think that something like that would be either controlled or screened for somehow.
+nyk4ever I'm saying that human behavior has many layers of meaning. No single motivation or rational is sufficient to define a behavior. We are not machines. As for the incomplete reference: www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2012-10-17/what-does-the-marshmallow-test-actually-test - well, I didn't feel like Googling it at the time....
Wow
Long term follow-up study is always different
Also it might have been because poor children cant afford the marshmallow
And the power of habit is the will to change. The words I remember from the book and has impacted my life in a positive way. Thank you Charles Duhigg!!
What I learn here is that you should have a cue and rewards to build your habit. And to resist the temptation, you should not focus on it, distract yourself from it. Also, try to plan ahead of time because soon you will fail your own challenge when you get hot-blood. Fail to plan is plan to fail.
Everything you do -
Everything you encounter -
Everything you experience -
------- is changing your brain --------
Groundbreaking and refreshing nueroscience behind our habit forming loop, I strongly recommend this book for everyone who is struggling to achieve any goal! Love this Tedtalk!!
Euna J , yes madam. I am too . its great book
Euna J let's go on a date
@@30guarino how was the date
@@patrickprendergast9589 we both ended up being busy...I was watching paint dry and she had to watch her grass grow
@@30guarino assertive, respect
I started reading his book (The Power of Habit) today. I'm excited to learn (or re-learn) something new... here's to acquiring new value- adding habits 🥂😀👏🏽🤞🏽💃🏾
💯just try another book " Atomic Habits " by James Clear even listen to it as an audio book.
This is a perfect example of being successful to follow the three components cue, behavior and rewards.
Habits related to behavior
Behavior related to obedience
Obedience related to success
This will definitely changes someone's life
Great words 👏and I invite everyone to build a good habit for life which will change his life for better standards and even his children, family, relatives...etc
" Listening to audio books is one of the greatest habits that enable you to learn brilliant new ideas of great thinkers and authors. Just try Listening to " Atomic Habits " by James Clear
I've read this book for a couple of times, and it totally changed my life.
1. Habit Loop: Cues, Routine, Rewards. (Rat+Chocolate Experiment)
2. Improve Will power: Choosing a reaction ahead of time. Be aware of my Hot-Blooded and Cold-Blooded emotional states. (Marshmallow Test).
THE HABIT LOOP: CUE ->ROUTINE ->REWARD
Changing Habits starts with improving Will Power.
Pre-empt the temptation by deciding what you will do
HABIT TO DISCOURAGE BEHAVIOUR: Decide on the cue and the reward to help you avoid a temptation X.
HABIT TO ENCOURAGE BEHAVIOUR: Decide on the cue and the reward to help you complete a new task Y.
I've also read EIGHT HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE by Stephen Covey.
He asserts
PRINCIPLES & VALUES ->Create CHARACTER ->character builds HABITS ->highly effective habits build SUCCESS (GREATNESS)
I'm thinking the cross over is substitute WILLPOWER with CHARACTER or keep BOTH
PRINCIPLES & VALUES ->CHARACTER ->HABITS ->SUCCESS (GREATNESS)
PRINCIPLES & VALUES ->WILLPOWER ->HABITS ->SUCCESS (GREATNESS)
PRINCIPLES & VALUES ->CHARACTER|WILLPOWER ->HABITS ->SUCCESS (GREATNESS)
Choosing a reaction ahead of time seems to be key. Priming the pump, so to speak. 💪
The cue was anger, the reward was holding up college honor roll medals as a middle finger to the person that instead of empathizing with me, gave me an ultimatum, the habit was pursuit of college honor roll grades over all, even my deepest passions, I held my end of the bargain but time and time again, even with my new intellectual habit, the conniving person that stared at my college honor roll medals always schemed for the same goal she has had against me since I was 9 yrs old, a promise to ruin my life for trying to runaway from her abusive home, and this is the psychotic mom people supported.
I stumbled upon this book, as random as possible, and I must say - once I started reading the book I was so absorbed. I started reading summaries, I started looking for interpretations, recommend it to every person, talk about it - that's how much I love this book. There's an example with a girl biting her nails, and not only her nails, he explains in detail. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I DID MY ENTIRE LIFE. And that's right - it's just physical sensation. And for the first time in my life I started believing that I can finally get rid of this annoying habit - and this is a HUUUUUGE accomplishment. I'm really happy that I finally made it to create a habit for me that doesn't imply biting the skin around my nails. Anyhoo, this just confirmed that if i did this (I fought with this habit via multiple ways), I can change the way I want - got me really motivated.
I don't agree with all the example, but mostly yes. Great book, I love it!
Great 👍just try listening to " Atomic Habits " as an audio book .it is worth your time
Such an eloquent and affable speaker with knowledge and a heart to share.
Thank you Ben Affleck!
I don't know, I'm waiting more for him to bust out with the Joker voice during this Ted talk. Am I the only one that sees Mark Hamil?
XD
@@Splooie010 good call
Why do i see Jason Sudekis ?!!
Bit closer to Casey Affleck, now that you mention it
One of the best books ever❤❤❤
"The Power of Habit" is without a doubt one of the most influential and influential books ever published.
His book is wonderful.
Absolutely love Charles,I went vegan after reading his book💚
Great to meet the author of the "Power of Habit" book. All thanks to Technology. I'm talking about Smart devices and Internet networks that made this possible. Someone Working on technology is rewarding for me.
The power of habits, thank you this has great impact in my life
I have a reaction planned out that works. As someone who previously was poor at receiving a compliments, now I say "What a great compliment! Thanks"
Alex Walker , that's great dear. It will make better.
read the book all the way..learned more about history than how to solve my bad habits.
was it helpful?
I want to quit smoking and to change some other habbits
wanted to read it
my opinion, no it did not help me at all, it keeps talking about history and keeps telling stories that maybe will motivate you but no information at all how to solve your problem,
try brian tracy he is more unto business but he teaches well on how to properly enhance your good habits
thank you!) I guess, I will read Tracy's books too
+Дима Чубрей it's worth the read. Reading is about taking that information and applying it to your life. Definitely worth the read.
Vanna In thank you, I've started already;)
Love this lecture and the book. Love that the science shows through so you can make your own reasoning and combinations. Very insightful and helpful in my quest to understand the working principles of human health.
"The power of habit" book is really good, initiates to bring changes...
the book "the power of habit" changed my life.
This guy wrote a book to explain to himself why he shouldnt eat more cookies. Well played sir
hahahaha, that's what we call passion!
Thanks for actually making me laugh about his cookie “joke”
As soon as he made that joke, it immediately made me think, is his book actually only trying to sell us an experience. And joke is on us?
Whatever it takes to change a habit, right?
Is more than that. Habits shaped your life . If you understand how the habit loop work you will transform your relation with money, people, love, your body, brain. The book is a treasure.
The Power of Habits is a masterpiece.
I read his book, and it had a great impact on my life
Listening to his Audio Book, "The Power of Habit" Highly recommend and now to apply. Pivot my behavior
This is one of the books inspiring me when I in the deepest dark. Thanks
I never agreed with the part in his book where he was saying that new songs became popular because radio stations often put them in between already known songs.
But at the end of the summer olympics ceremony in Paris just now, they first had Red Hot Chillipeppers singing "Can't stop". Then Billie Eilish singing her new song "Birds of a feather". At the end Snoop Dog was singing "Drop it like its hot" and "The next episode".
I really liked Eilish's new song, but upon closer thought maybe the reason I do is because her song was packaged into something already well known. It's fascinating and honestly kind of disturbing.
His book, The Power of Habit, and of the psychologist he mentioned in the video, Angela Duckworth's Grit, are life-changing. If you are fed up with your life and you feel a lack of passion and perseverance is preventing you from reaching your fullest potential, I highly recommend that you read both of their books. Seriously. Go get yourself a copy of each. The science behind them will break it down for you, and will make you realize that real change is achievable.
On the other hand Robert Cialdini's Influence is like the holy grail of human behavior....
This man chances my life With his research, the book is mind blowing ❤❤❤
I love this book so much. There are many scientific studies that are very interesting. Must read!
I don't know who need this ,but you can build great habits in your life ,and not just any habits that aligns you with your purpose.
Marshmellow test was performed with 90 individuals from stanford preschool. Recently it did not reproduce with a sample of 900 individuals.
Best book I've read all year
Nice presentation, friendly speaker with fully delivered content.. just exactly what I was looking for. Thank yoi Charlie!
Such a great talk and I absolutely love that book. Thanks Charles
my reply to the starbucks part of this video:
Sometimes you get bad customer service, because you are a bad customer.
we teach our children to not bully others, yet we bully others in customer service positions when we dont get our way from the "false sense of entitlement" best summed up as The Customer is Always Right.
See you are talking about a straw man argument.
IT IS NOT CORRECT TO SAY: Sometimes you get a bad customer service because you are a bad customer.
If you had been trained correctly or even understood Customer Service....CS is not a response to Customer action, its part of your job "deliver product with good customer service".
Never knew so much went into a habit. Interesting correlations. Good speaker.
Just completed the book. The power of habits. I recommend.
I made a habit of watching yed talks daily. Also writing comments like this one , well i hope to improve the quality of my comment writing skills ... Im still working on that
This is a most impressed lecture. Thank you, Mr. Duhigg. We share your insight.
This is a proper video on habits!
This book changed my life.
Just finished his book "The Power of Habit"... MUST READ!
I was in the middle of eating a cookie when I started watching this...
Coco Noel Hey this is great video i like that if you need you can find out more on google with keyword "skyarza money magnet star"
+Coco Noel lol same here
Christine Noel ohhhhhhh
Not lying, I too was in the middle of eating a cookie 😂
LOL!
Overall, very engaging talk about habit with interesting clips from the classic marshmallow experiment. When the young boy who resisted eating the 1st marshmallow to get the 2nd actually got the 2nd one he binged on both - classic abstinence violation effect which is actually problematic! Also important to note: the brain does not "turn off" when we get to the point of automatically exhibiting new habits. Automatic behaviors just get encoded in different regions of the brain - lots of brain activity in many different regions is needed to both form and activate habits!
Christine Molnar he can't put his whole book into a 16-minute talk.
Christine Molnar , hey is it you read from any book or you did any experiment or PhD on this dear ?
The power of habit is an awesome book
For the first time see the famous writer Charles Duhig, after a long time his book become reference of many people in youtube of motivation channel :D
Such a simple and beautiful question. This guy is suscinct
Absolutely brilliant book. Half way through.
All of his books are pretty useful. Actually it was extremely useful lol. 100% recommended
I think the professor from Stanford who discussed how to create habits was more evolved than this one. He also said that a cue or trigger and consequential reward is necessary to perform the action you want to make a habit. The difference with his model is that you don't have to create cues. That's really hard! All you have to do is put the action after something you already do (put on the dogs leash before a walk, brush your teeth, eat a meal, use the bathroom, etc). It seems much more effective because that way your brain doesn't have to do the extra work of remembering the cue. Also, it doesn't make since to equate willpower with a habit because that implies that the former can be automatic instead of something that has to be trained just like the kid had to adjust in order to avoid eating the marshmallow. He was building his willpower to accomplish the goal at hand, but after the 150th test, he would need very little willpower if any at all to complete the action and get the reward that he knows and loves!
I feel like most of what you have written above is essentially what is in the book. However, if you have not been able to develop a new habit despite the 'things that you already do' you need a trigger.
He talks about it in the book. He can't put his entire book into a 15-minute talk. But he does have a habit of using the wrong words for things I have noticed. He shouldn't be using the word willpower. The book is better than this talk and is way more detailed
whos that professor? any video or something plz
I highly recommend his book it will open your eyes about your habits.
Heba Fallatah , hey thank you dear. I an reading now
The book is a life changing.. (i thank God everyday that i bought it.😍😍😍)
It's extremely priceless.
Reading this book now and I love it!!!
and u r cute
I really love the book 💖 it's such a useful guide to change my bad habits
This is how u end up onlineshopping so much,
u brows the internet, find something nice, stops
then think about all the situations or moments ur going to benefit having this item,
when you've justified enough things for the item for you to own it, u buy it
Then u wiat for it to arrive, until u get the reward in the post,
and most likely don't use the item as often as you thought u would. Becaus ethe reward of the shopping was reciving and opening the package, not the item itself
Then u go back to the internet, and look for a new instant reward you can give yourself in the mail
So many companies use this tactic it’s crazy
Great talk, dude had a great book as well. Easy read, insightful, and entertaining to boot.
Clifford Wu what book is this you talk about?
@@beeayeembeeeye Power of Habit
it does not matter if it's good or bad, everything that you repeat you become good at.
Totally my favourite book. It gave me a fresh framework.
I loved his book!
This and atomic habits are excellent.
Outstanding presentation, great presentation skills
12:45 Choose/Plan a reaction ahead of time (before sleeping in night/ early morning)
14:23 pre-meditating cues
Thanks 👍🏻
One of the best ted talks
I love this guy and I have his book, now time to actually read it ;)
gaceqkos i just finish it after 2 weeks of slowly reading it between my commute. Its one of the best book I’ve ever read ☺️
Love it!!
Brilliant talk and so informative. Thank you.
Solid talk! That said, did I miss something, or did he totally not tell us what Starbucks did to increase their employees' willpower?
Literally asking myself the same question!! He totally did not answer that question... What did starbucks do??
Have you tried reading the book? It was on the book
its in the book
Anticipate the problems you will encounter and plan you reaction ahead of time
Love this talk, but I can’t deal with the constant beep that sounds under it
I am reading his book The power of habit.
Long live behaviorism!!!
Deciding ahead of a time what to do I think falls into that Mel’s 5-2-3-2-1, breaking the body autopilot mode.
Or perhaps in this case, tweaking what you do on autopilot. You need Less willpower in deciding as you allready have decision.
Instead of being hungry & forcing yourself then and there to choose a healthier option, especially more difficult if it takes longer time.
Extremely helpful for what I am working on... Brand story telling can borrow a lot from this. Help people make decisions ahead of time.
Great talk!
I just love him!
Excellent book 💯👏
Worked for Starbucks for 2 years. Can confirm.
Roenazarrek , thank you dear.
How did Starbucks finally fix the issue?
@@ashikpaul345 RUclips: calling out on the jobless Bitches that torture cheap workers
Does the trick
@@PuppyTheTiny whaaaaatttttt
@@PuppyTheTiny Lol well said !
We want ATOMIC HABITS writer in TED.
Actualy you are not changing the habit
instead
create a new habit WOW THAT IS A COOL SECRET ! ;)
obviousely. that's what it's all about🙄
If you read his book, you will see that it is better to change the routine.
Провёл эксперимент со своим четырехлетним сыном (4.4 года). Он как услышал, что будет две плитки шоколада вместо одной, сразу отложил. Когда я повторил, что он может съесть сразу (пока эти слова говорил, он взял и хотел было укусить), но тогда больше не получит другую, а если подождёт указанное время, то получит две, он отложил плитку и стал ждать. :) Было интересно наблюдать за ним, но он выдержал испытание и с удовольствием слопал обе плитки шоколада! :D
Only will power can change you.
Muhammad Munawar willpower is not needed. It was a terrible choice of word on his part
The book influenced me so much
I like a lot of what he said, but having gossip as a reward is not good. Gossip is destructive and hurts those you are talking about. Other than that part, I pretty much agreed with what he was talking about.
David William A. Why not just a different healthy treat? That surprised me . almonds, pumpkin seeds with cinnamon in the oven, peanut butter with celery to name a few.. Maybe a sugar free cookie from his house he could ve brought or low calorie cookie.. 👍
Thank u 🙏🙏🙏
super powerful talk!
Does it work with ADDers? My brother always exhorts me to build habits but as someone who can’t even remember to brush my teeth every few days. Not sure if it would work. For the record I’m in medicated because whatever meds I have access to trigger my congenital heart condition.
will Power I think comes from experiance and learning the hard ways
I'm hooked on self-help books
Thats dangerous
How to do focus on anything? While I try to focus on things I get easily distracted from my own thoughts and move from one task to other? I think habit of focusing is most important habit in this world to achieve your goals. Though I already achieved my goals even without proper focus lol but focus is really important.
I am glad I bought this guy's book!