{"id":65645,"date":"2017-08-10T12:41:39","date_gmt":"2017-08-10T17:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/?p=65645"},"modified":"2026-10-08T13:02:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T18:02:40","slug":"podcast-science-behavior-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/character\/self-improvement\/podcast-science-behavior-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast #329: Stick With It \u2014 The Science of Behavior Change"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019re like most people, you\u2019ve probably got some habits you\u2019d like to change: maybe you want to quit smoking or eat better or check your phone less. And if you\u2019re like most people, you\u2019ve probably tried making those changes, and failed. And after failing again and again, you just gave up. <\/span><\/p>\n

My guest today is a psychologist who specializes in helping people make real, lasting change in their lives. His name is Sean Young<\/a> and he\u2019s the director of the UCLA Center of Digital Behavior and the author of the book Stick with It: A Scientifically Proven Process For Changing Your Life\u2014for Good<\/a>. <\/i>Today on the show, Sean explains why most of our approaches to personal change fail, and the scientifically proven process he and his team have developed to help people make lasting change. Sean shares several tactics that \u2014 when used in combination \u2014 can help you finally make those changes you\u2019ve long desired. <\/span><\/p>\n

We discuss why creating small wins is important in habit change and what we can learn from cults on how to effectively change ourselves. We then discuss how we can alter our environment to facilitate transformation, as well as \u201cneurohacks\u201d that can shortcut the brain\u2019s hardwired instincts. At the end, Sean ties all these concepts together to provide listeners with a roadmap to finally sticking with a habit change.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019re like most people, you\u2019ve probably got some habits you\u2019d like to change: maybe you want to quit smoking or eat better or check your phone less. And if you\u2019re like most people, you\u2019ve probably tried making those changes, and failed. And after failing again and again, you just gave up.  My guest today […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":195612,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[502,156,42388],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-character","category-podcast","category-self-improvement"],"featured_image_urls":{"large":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/329-538x280.png","medium_large":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/329-768x432.png","aom":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/329-372x230.png","reactor-320":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/329-320x180.png","reactor-640":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/329-640x360.png"},"yoast_head":"\nChange Your 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