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Discipline Expert: The Tiny Habit That Finally Makes You Lose Weight! The 2-Minute Trick!

Guest: James Clear & BJ Fogg • 2025-12-11 • 2.5M views

Habit formation experts - James Clear authored Atomic Habits

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📝 Episode Summary

James Clear and BJ Fogg break down habit formation into four stages. They explain the two-minute rule and environmental design.

🎯 Top Takeaways

  1. Make habits obvious, attractive, easy, and satisfying—these four laws govern behavior change
  2. Never miss twice—missing once is an accident, missing twice is the start of a new habit
  3. Habit stacking: link a new behavior to an existing habit using the formula 'After [CURRENT HABIT], I will [NEW HABIT]'
  4. You don't rise to the level of your goals, you fall to the level of your systems—focus on systems, not outcomes
  5. The costs of good habits are in the present; the costs of bad habits are in the future

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