My Chat with James Clear, Bestselling Author of Atomic Habits (The Saad Truth with Dr. Saad_322)

<p>Topics covered include habit formation and habit change, one's identity and personality traits when seeking to develop good habits, behaviourism (e.g., Skinnerian conditioning), the writing process, how to package and market ideas, what constitutes useful ideas and interesting research questions, creative pursuits, life as a playground, humour, weight loss journeys, evolutionary psychology and the distinction between proximate and ultimate explanations (using pregnancy sickness as an example), the mismatch hypothesis, temporal incongruity, and intertemporal choice. _______________________________________</p> <p>Website of James Clear: <a href='https://jamesclear.com'>https://jamesclear.com</a></p> <p>_______________________________________</p> <p>Message from the sponsor for this episode:</p> <p>Please head off to <a href='http://masterworks.io/saadtruth'>masterworks.io/saadtruth</a> and use promo code Saad Truth to sign up.</p> <p>_______________________________________</p> <p>If you appreciate my work and would like to support it:</p> <p><a href='https://subscribestar.com/the-saad-truth'>https://subscribestar.com/the-saad-truth</a></p> <p><a href='https://patreon.com/GadSaad'>https://patreon.com/GadSaad</a></p> <p><a href='https://paypal.me/GadSaad'>https://paypal.me/GadSaad</a></p> <p>_______________________________________</p> <p>This chat was posted earlier today (November 15, 2021) on my YouTube channel as THE SAAD TRUTH_1335: <a href='https://youtu.be/l32XHj5ycqc'>https://youtu.be/l32XHj5ycqc</a></p> <p>_______________________________________</p> <p>The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense (paperback edition) was released on October 5, 2021. Order your copy now.</p> <p><a href='https://www.amazon.com/Parasitic-Mind-Infectious-Killing-Common/dp/162157959X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr='>https://www.amazon.com/Parasitic-Mind-Infectious-Killing-Common/dp/162157959X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=</a></p> <p><a href='https://www.amazon.ca/Pa