YAPClassic: Benjamin Hardy on Breaking Habits and Changing Your Environment

Published: July 27, 2022, 9 a.m.

b"Do you have trouble breaking old habits, creating new ones, or accomplishing your goals? If so, you might be relying on your willpower to make changes, and according to Benjamin Hardy, organizational psychologist and author, willpower doesn\\u2019t work! In order to create true, lasting change, you need to utilize your environment to support your goals.\\xa0\\nIn this #YAPClassic, Hala and Benjamin chat about key topics from his book Willpower Doesn\\u2019t Work, discuss the alternatives to willpower and how to commit to something, share how you can alter your surroundings to help you make changes, dive into the importance of morning rituals, and talk about how to get into a peak state.\\xa0\\n\\nTopics Include:\\n\\n\\xa0- What motivated him to write Willpower Doesn't Work\\xa0\\n- Traditional beliefs behind willpower\\xa0\\n- Why does willpower suck?\\xa0\\n- Alternatives to willpower and how to commit to something\\xa0\\n- Social pressure and making it public\\xa0\\n- Importance of investing in your goals\\xa0\\n- How to alter environment to help accomplish your goals\\xa0\\n- How to optimize primary and secondary connections\\n- Fostering high stress and high recovery environments\\xa0\\n- Playing roles in different situations\\xa0\\n- Importance of morning rituals and how to get into peak state\\n- Ben\\u2019s recommendation for millennials\\xa0\\n- And other topics\\u2026\\xa0\\n\\nDr. Benjamin Hardy is an organizational psychologist, author, and the world\\u2019s leading expert on the application of the Future Self science. His books have sold hundreds of thousands of copies, and his blogs have been read by hundreds of millions.\\nHe\\u2019s published six books, Willpower Doesn't Work, Personality Isn't Permanent, Who Not How, The Gap and the Gain, Be Your Future Self Now, and 10X is Easier than 2X.\\xa0\\n\\nSponsored By:\\n\\nClickUp - Sign up today at ClickUp.com and use codeUse code YAP to get 15% off ClickUp's massive Unlimited Plan for a year!\\nShopify - Go to shopify.com/profiting, for a FREE fourteen-day trial and get full access to Shopify\\u2019s entire suite of features\\n\\nResources Mentioned:\\n\\nYAP Episode #7: Willpower Sucks, Just Change Your Environment: https://www.youngandprofiting.com/7-willpower-sucks-just-change-your-environment-with-benjamin-hardy/\\xa0\\nYAP Episode #154: Social Entrepreneurship with Mark Batterson: https://youngandprofiting.com/154-social-entrepreneurship-with-mark-batterson/\\xa0\\nBenjamin\\u2019s Website: https://benjaminhardy.com/\\xa0\\nBenjamin\\u2019s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjaminhardy88/\\xa0\\nBenjamin\\u2019s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benjamin_hardy_phd/\\xa0\\nBenjamin\\u2019s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC07WXGmXVbNrv3VMOp5DvDw\\xa0\\nBenjamin\\u2019s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/benjaminhardy88/\\xa0\\nBenjamin\\u2019s Twitter: https://twitter.com/BenjaminPHardy\\xa0\\n\\nConnect with Young and Profiting:\\n\\nHala\\u2019s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/htaha/\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\nHala\\u2019s Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/yapwithhala/\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\nHala\\u2019s Twitter: https://twitter.com/yapwithhala\\xa0\\nClubhouse: https://www.clubhouse.com/@halataha\\xa0\\xa0\\nWebsite: https://www.youngandprofiting.com/\\xa0\\nText Hala: https://youngandprofiting.co/TextHala or text \\u201cYAP\\u201d to 28046"