#86 BJ Fogg: The Science of Lasting Change

you make these small changes and it changes how you think about yourself. It changes your self talk. It changes your relationship with emotions. So you're more inclined to embrace positive emotions and not let the negative emotions get you down. Some ways I'm getting chills because That is such To me, that is just I'm still fascinated with how that works. I'm Shane Parish, and you're listening to The Knowledge Project, a podcast dedicated to mastering the best of what other people have already figured out.

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This episode is, you guessed it, all about habit. How we make them, how we break them, how emotions and story impact them, and what motivates us. It's time to listen. and learn. How did you get interested in habits? Oh.

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