Scott Young

Key takeaways from What are the Limits of Building Better Habits?

Can you achieve anything just by building better habits? After decades of experiments, I share what can and can't be done.

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picking an approach, the foremost decision is to do what works. Sometimes that’s amenable to a process of slowly accumulating long-term habits. Other times, a more serious, obsessive effort will be needed. (And, sometimes you need both.)

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