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James Corden: I Was Broken By Success!

Guest: James Corden • 2023-11-20 • 3.6M views

Comedian, TV host, actor

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📝 Episode Summary

James opens up about the dark side of hosting The Late Late Show.

🎯 Top Takeaways

  1. Environment design is more powerful than motivation—make good choices obvious and bad choices invisible
  2. The 2-minute rule: scale any habit down to something you can do in 2 minutes or less to build consistency
  3. Make habits obvious, attractive, easy, and satisfying—these four laws govern behavior change
  4. Never miss twice—missing once is an accident, missing twice is the start of a new habit
  5. The plateau of latent potential: results are delayed, but breakthrough comes to those who persist

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