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Jan 2025

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How To Actually Keep Your New Year’s Res...

About this episode

Dan briefly whittles down his top 10 takeaways from the science of behavior change.

In this episode we talk about:

How our brain’s evolution for short-term survival makes long-term goals harder
Picking the right goals
Making it easy
Leveraging fresh starts
How to make goals a team sport
The crucial role of mindfulness and self-compassion

This episode is part of our monthlong Do Life Better series.

Related Episodes:

The Science of Making – And Keeping – New Year’s Resolutions | Hal Hershfield

How To Change Your Habits | Katy Milkman

Why Your Bad Habits (And Addictions) May Be Getting Worse – And How Mindfulness Can Help | Dr. Jud Brewer

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