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Apr 2021
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655: Building Better Habits via Better S...

How to be Awesome at Your Job
About this episode

Brent Franson shares tactics and tools for building powerful habits based on his experiences of being surrounded by addiction. 


— YOU’LL LEARN — 

1) How Brent leveraged technology to break his bad habits 

2) The keystone habit of behavioral change 

3) How to stay motivated even when you fail 


Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep655 for clickable versions of the links below. 


— ABOUT BRENT — 

Brent Franson is the Founder and CEO of Most Days, an app backed by science, built to help you understand what you need to do to improve your life and achieve change. 

Previously, he was on the founding team of Reputation.com, the worldwide leader in online reputation management. Reputation.com was named a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum. 

Brent was also the CEO of Euclid Analytics, a leader in retail data and analytics. Under his leadership, Euclid was acquired by WeWork in 2019. 

Brent has been named a LinkedIn Top Voice, and has regularly contributed to Forbes, LinkedIn, Inc, Entrepreneur, and other publications. Brent is a father, and an athlete who enjoys his routine, reading, running, skiing, skydiving, and anything that involves pushing his own boundaries. 

• Brent’s app: Most Days 

• Brent’s email: brent@mostdays.com 

• Brent’s Twitter: @brentfranson 


— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — 

• Software: BlockSite 

• Product: Sonic toothbrush 

• Product: kSafe 

• Book: Benzodiazepines: How They Work & How to Withdraw aka The Ashton Manual by C. Heather Ashton 

• Book: Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything by BJ Fogg 

• Book: The Spirit of St. Louis by Charles Lindbergh 

• Book: Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing 

• Speech: “The Man in the Arena” by Theodore Roosevelt 

• Pete’s Most Days Routine: AwesomeAtYourJob.com/mostdays 


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