In this episode, Chris welcomes Will Moore. Will is a good friend, a serial entrepreneur, speaker, podcast host, and a habits, happiness, and behavioral science/gamification expert. Will has designed an app that will “gamify your happiness” by combining behavioral science, universal principles, and technology to make it fun and ethically addicting to replace your habits in the 5 Core Areas Of Happiness. Will’s mission is to help both individuals and businesses become the happiest and best versions of themselves and to pay it back to help the rest of the world do the same.

You’ll hear about Will’s personal routines, mantras, and check-ins, acronyms that help you get out of negative mindsets and accomplish goals, and some universal truths around the five core areas of happiness.

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Discussion Points:

• The importance of habits and mindset
• ‘Growth owners’ vs. ‘fixed victim’ mentalities
• Will’s mindset and being a former pessimist
• CBRP - Catch the thought, breathe, remind/reflect, and pivot
• The 5 core areas for happiness - mindset, relationships, career, finances, and emotional/physical health
• Replacing failure habits with success habits
• Will’s best habit today 
• Time/place habits and non-time/place habits
• Visual cues for habits
• CORE - Commit, obstacles, and reward
• Thoughts vs. physical sensations of anxiety
• Breathing to reset your mind
• Growth and balance
• Universal truths around the 5 core areas
• Regrets at the end of life
• Looking at the end of your life and re-aligning habits 
• Starting small, and replacing bad habits
• Will’s current bad habit he’s working on
• AI for writing
• James Clear and Atomic Habits
• What habit would you wish for all humans?

Resources/Links:

Book: High-Performance Habits

Book: Tiny Habits

Book: Atomic Habits

Will Moore Website

Will Moore LinkedIn

Will Moore IG

Will Moore YouTube

Gamify Your Habits Podcast

Take the Core Life Quiz

Will Moore’s Profile on The Standard

Check out Will's Habit app to learn how to fire on all cylinders in all 5 Cores!

Chris Pallatroni’s Profile on The Standard

The Standard App

The Standard IG

Chris Pallatroni LinkedIn