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Building atomic habits with James Clear | ReThinking with Adam Grant

As a blogger and executive coach, James Clear spent years studying how to form and change habits. His research culminated in the book "Atomic Habits”, which has sold more than 15 million copies and been translated into over 50 languages. James speaks with Adam about changing our systems for achieving goals, building habits around identities as well as actions, and accumulating small wins that add up to big change. Transcripts for ReThinking are available at go.ted.com/RWAGscripts The TED Audio Collective is a collection of podcasts for the curious. The TED Audio Collective videos may be used for non-commercial purposes under a Creative Commons License, Attribution–Non Commercial–No Derivatives (or the CC BY – NC – ND 4.0 International) and in accordance with our TED Talks Usage Policy (https://www.ted.com/about/our-organiz...). For more information on using TED for commercial purposes (e.g. employee learning, in a film or online course), please submit a Media Request at https://media-requests.ted.com.

Adam GranthostJames Clearguest
Jul 21, 202338mWatch on YouTube ↗

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EPISODE INFO

Released
July 21, 2023
Duration
38m
Channel
Re:Thinking with Adam Grant
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

As a blogger and executive coach, James Clear spent years studying how to form and change habits. His research culminated in the book "Atomic Habits”, which has sold more than 15 million copies and been translated into over 50 languages. James speaks with Adam about changing our systems for achieving goals, building habits around identities as well as actions, and accumulating small wins that add up to big change. Transcripts for ReThinking are available at go.ted.com/RWAGscripts The TED Audio Collective is a collection of podcasts for the curious. The TED Audio Collective videos may be used for non-commercial purposes under a Creative Commons License, Attribution–Non Commercial–No Derivatives (or the CC BY – NC – ND 4.0 International) and in accordance with our TED Talks Usage Policy (https://www.ted.com/about/our-organiz...). For more information on using TED for commercial purposes (e.g. employee learning, in a film or online course), please submit a Media Request at https://media-requests.ted.com.

SPEAKERS

  • Adam Grant

    host

    Organizational psychologist and host of the podcast ReThinking.

  • James Clear

    guest

    Author of Atomic Habits and writer behind jamesclear.com focused on habits and behavior change.

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Re:Thinking with Adam Grant, featuring Adam Grant and James Clear, Building atomic habits with James Clear | ReThinking with Adam Grant explores james Clear explains building habits through systems, identity, and environment design James Clear’s recovery from a severe high-school injury shaped his belief that meaningful change comes from starting small and improving 1% at a time.

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