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Are you one of those guys who tries to make a change but find yourself right back where you started a few weeks later?
Is it possible to arrange your life so that making a positive change is more automatic than struggle?
And why are there little bees or flies painted inside the urinal?
This week we’ll explore how you can create positive habits that stick and why hope alone is the raw material of losers. We’re talking with Michael Brooks and Josh Summers — authors of “The Buddha’s Playbook.”
In this episode:
- Breaking Bad Habits
- Making Good Habits Stick
- Why New Year’s resolutions are like Vegas marriages
- Hope is for losers (according to Fernando Flores)
- What those little bees in the urinal have to do with your success
- How to set up your practice to ensure your success
- Choice Architecture
- Why losing is more painful than gaining is joyful
- Why perfectionism doesn’t work
- “Muscle Confusion” and your life
Purchase The Buddha’s Playbook at SatiSolutions.com
About Josh Summers
Josh’s interest in individual growth and collective transformation stems from his professional background in meditation, yoga and Asian Medicine. He holds a Masters in Oriental Medicine from the New England School of Acupuncture and a BA from Columbia University. Josh co-founded Sati Solutions and co-wrote The Buddha’s Playbook: Strategies for Enlightened Living. He lectures at universities on mindfulness meditation and its applied benefits.
About Michael Brooks
With a background in non-profit leadership, PR strategy and political activism, Michael co-founded Sati Solutions and is the co-author of The Buddha’s Playbook. His interest in meditation has merged with his professional pursuits to develop meditative skill-set applications for durable social, economic and institutional change. Michael also majored in International Relations at Bates College and has toured as a standup comedian.
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Tripp,
Great cast. I will distribute this to guys I know. I think the key to a lot of guys that I talk to is that any steady effort on a daily basis should be applauded. Just showing up at the gymn is just something that we should be proud of. I try to give these guys encouragement – young or old. Finishing what you start today, is something that these men have accomplished.
Thanks to you, Michael and Josh, this is great. Architecture, nudges, cruise control, Vegas Marriages, all good.
Your friend
Frank
Thanks, Frank!
Hey Tripp, I loved this episode! Seems like I want to tell my readers about every podcast you do these days. Great way to integrate the concepts.
I’ve practiced the punitive nudge system for a couple of years and have also intuitively set up my own choice architecture. In fact, I do most of the things these guys talk about. But I love the way they’ve got it down to a tee. It really helps me refine my own life.
So bottom line – awesome stuff.
Eivind,
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Hey Elvind,
Good to hear that this stuff is intuitive. I, too have coached/practiced this stuff, but having a system laid out is key. We’ll be diving into more specifics when they appear on The New Man Life. Stay tuned…
Awesome podcast, Trip.
I love that Fernando Flores quote. Here’s another of his I discovered today, which falls in the “Are you F*&#ing kidding me?” category:
“You have to be able to risk your identity for a bigger future than the present you are living.”
Thank you for turning me on to this. I’ve said it before, your podcast is a highlight of my journey.
That is a great quote — I’ve heard it spoken another way:
“Be willing to risk who you are for who you can be.”
Thanks, Luis.
Tripp
I love that Flores is getting so popular.
Tripp, you’re a force unto yourself!
All the best,
Josh
Thanks, Josh!