Ramit Sethi, the New York Times bestselling author of the book I Will Teach You to Be Rich, has changed the lives of many by questioning the mainstream narrative of how you should do things. In this episode we explore why people make goals and don’t follow through on them, and how you can avoid the same fate. Ramit also answers some questions about how he built his business and what habits he has developed for his own life.

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Cheat Sheet

Why money is an important (but small) part of your life and how to make sure it is assigned the proper role

The psychological reasons why we set out for certain objectives and then don’t follow through

Why you should focus on behavior and how to let your attitude follow

How to narrow the scope of success in order to change behavior

How to build a productivity system that works for you

Why taking time to think is so important (and the huge benefits it's had on Ramit's business)

How to build and keep intrinsic motivation to make your habits stick

Why you shouldn’t be afraid to change habits

The importance of making a system for systems

Why so many people experience FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) and how you can overcome this

The system Ramit created for his health and eating habits and how you can apply it to your own life

The two things you can use to identify what is really important to people

How we live our lives according to an invisible script (and how to change this into a narrative for a life we actually want)

The life lessons Ramit picked up from starting his business

Links

Ramit's Ultimate Guide to Habits

15 Little Life Experiments that Will Change Your Life

Growthlab's Ultimate Guide to Working From Home

TPS58: Getting Things Done w/ David Allen

BJ Fogg

Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness 

TPS102: Essentialism w/ Greg McKeown

Charles Duhigg

Jay Abraham

Collegetopia.co

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