The tiny habit thing really works for my specific brain. I usually end up doing more than my goal, but if I just read one page, that's one more page every day than I would have read if I set a big goal for myself and then not do it. That being said, I really agree with all the points you made. Change is hard, and we should be able to do hard things and overcome challenges.
@bodybrainalliance
Жыл бұрын
Glad that you have found what works for you! And yes, change is hard, but we can do hard things!
@sandraahola8365
8 ай бұрын
The talk I listened to by Fogg was inspirational and helpful and gave me positive, productive ideas that I started using literally the minute after I finished listening to it. And you gave us a rant.
@bodybrainalliance
8 ай бұрын
It's great that you found something that works for you!
@hamzaaitsilahcen6306
3 ай бұрын
Did you read the book or did you read a summary of it? The book addresses all your arguments
@Theone-ou2xt
Жыл бұрын
About pairing unrelated habits ,Dr BJ Fogg did said about the prompt must be on the same place as the behavior we want to establish and he also said the habits will evolve itself if those are something we want to do ourselves ,the shrinking of habit to tiny doesn't stops you from doing it as much as you want, the lowest limit is for staying consistent it isn't there to stop the person doing more. Yes change is super complicated maybe even impossible when it comes to stopping the habits but starting habits is easy. You mentioned about rigidity ,the person can design his habit according to his aspiration and take it as an experiment ,it is flexible. Incase the person can't do fluffing of one single pillow🤣🤣 he can reduce the required size of the habit .I don't like atomic habits.
@BarbaraBrasileiro
2 ай бұрын
Good one! If it's hard to keep, the habit should get smaller then at first.
@bipinbhurtel3024
Жыл бұрын
you haven't read the book Tiny habit.
@BarbaraBrasileiro
2 ай бұрын
Interesting points that you raised. Maybe the video could have ended less abruptly with some conclusion about the usefulness of tiny habits but considering the points you mentioned. But I understand you did your best and what was possible in that moment. And I'm grateful for that. I have a huge problem with changing habits and really need to change some things. The most important changes I should make are eating more healthily and having a better money management. I like the idea of tiny habits because I have tried to eat healthily countless times and I'm tired of getting into the same pattern of high motivation and big changes in the beginning, giving up some weeks or months later and recovering all the weight lost and gaining some weight after recovering all the weight I had before the diet. Actually, when I'm not trying to change my habits I keep my weight the same and I always gain weight the months after I gave up trying to lose weight. This is getting to a serious health problem now. Today I've accepted that my self-control is extremely limited and I'm not going to fight this anymore. So I'm trying to find ways of changing habits and not relying so much on self-control and motivation. That's why I think this idea of changing things little by little and increasing that challenge with time sounds interesting. But I appreciate your remarks. They make total sense and I don't think they are contrary to the idea of tiny habits. I think they complement them.
@Theone-ou2xt
2 ай бұрын
Habits evolve on their own if the context (current environment) makes executing behaviors we are trying to convert into habits easier and pleasant . Similarly if something really bad happens it can really give a setback to our habits and all the development can go in vain .That something bad need not to be something huge externally but it must have a great negative impact internally , that huge negative impact can be due to really negative experiences in the past . So sometimes in spite of being consistent with your Tiny habits ,a new painful change in life can reduce the evolution of the behavior and prevent it from truing into an habit.
@bodybrainalliance
2 ай бұрын
Hi! Firstly, thank you for your feedback on the video, we appreciate it. Secondly, it sounds like you’ve been trying to make improvements and motivation is fading after some time and that can be incredibly frustrating! It also sounds like the idea of focusing on making small (well tiny) changes is appealing and considering other approaches haven’t really worked for you, I can see why you want to give this a go. You mention that eating more healthily and managing money better are the most important changes you would like to work on. Have you identified a tiny habit that you would like to start with? For example, a tiny habit for eating healthy could look like adding an extra fruit or veg into your day, or focusing on having at least 3 colours in each meal. We have a few other videos you may find helpful that I’ll link here The science behind motivation: kzitem.info/news/bejne/kWep2GVub6Ooimk Behavior change tips for managing money: kzitem.info/news/bejne/t6ejt6WZqJhla5g Closing the knowing-doing gap: kzitem.info/news/bejne/25dp4KCCaoSYZHo Habit Funnel: kzitem.info/news/bejne/p51pp61unnaDlag Making Healthy Eating Easier: kzitem.info/news/bejne/rJ2Esp6XqYSXlGk Lastly - it sounds like our free Future Self Map mini-course could be really helpful for you so I’ll lin it here too. In the course, you create a vision for your future self and choose what qualities and habits you want to incorporate into your life to become that person. learn.bodybrainalliance.com/checkouts/fsmap
@BarbaraBrasileiro
2 ай бұрын
@@bodybrainalliance thank you for the thorough answer. I really appreciate it. I found a tiny habit for saving money which is saving $15 every day, but I haven't found anything for better eating. I'll check all the resources linked. Thank you. 🙏🏻
@shearspace6889
27 күн бұрын
Tiny habits and elastic habits worked for me very well. Of course they are only a start. We do go for great habits also after we kickstart with the small ones. Tiny elastic habits worked when u r too tired or u had a bad day or an emergency. They help u not break the chain.
@bodybrainalliance
2 күн бұрын
It's great to hear they worked for you!
@bellaluce7088
4 ай бұрын
As with so many things in life, I find that presenting information in positive and actionable ways is more effective than criticism. Glad the VALUE of BJ Fogg's Tiny Habits is acknowledged and would love to see a version of this that instead highlights ways to avoid the common pitfalls in people's *interpretation* of the concepts out of context. I have a policy against following channels that use negativity and controversy as clickbait, so the tone of this video actually DISincentivizes me from subscribing despite the interesting insights.
@bodybrainalliance
4 ай бұрын
Hi! Thank you so much for your feedback and sharing your perspective here! I will pass that on too so we can consider how we may approach future content differently. We do have another video on 5 books our founder Karin recommends: youtu.pulse.ly/xilwmulkie
@AzimiYakub
4 ай бұрын
I think you actually do not have an issue with the book, in fact I also don't think you have an issue with Tiny habits but how people use. because Tiny actually talks about motivation for example, you need to want to do the habit, begs the question do you really understand BJ Fogg book as I believe the issue isn't about the book or Tiny Habit but how people implement it. Though I am not so convinced by your presentation, it has some merit in reminding us to understand the concept of Tiny Habits holistically when apply it. It is the most practical book I have read. The book really explains that we build endurance to take up bigger task. If one wants to run a marathon, he wouldn't say, "Oh well life is hard I must do the 26+ mile immediately" Starting small can be effective in building endurance. Also BJ Fogg stated we took the Tiny Habit ideology like scientists, experiment with it until we find what works for us. It is safer when small than otherwise I believe. Anyways I have personally implemented, it is the best book I read this year and I have seen it worked for me and still working. Thanks also, not a bad video at all
@bodybrainalliance
4 ай бұрын
We appreciate your thoughts on the book and sharing your perspective! And it sounds like you found something that works for you, which is awesome! That's ultimately what matters most - finding strategies and techniques that help YOU change and tweak your habits 🤓
@BugsVsHumans
Жыл бұрын
Hello I'm curious, why did the video abruptly end in the end? What was the point of issue #3? Love your channel and you bring clarity to Tiny Habits and Behavior. Thank you.
@bodybrainalliance
Жыл бұрын
Thank you - we love talking about behavior change around here :) The point of issue 3 is that Tiny Habits perpetuates all or nothing thinking and sets folks up to fail based on the binary construct of either completing the habit or failing.
@bodybrainalliance
Жыл бұрын
Have you read either of these books? Did a tiny habit stack work for you?
@bellaluce7088
4 ай бұрын
So going from tooth brushing to pushups is supposedly too difficult a transition (despite many people doing it), yet making new habits too easy is also supposedly wrong? 🤔🙄 If I waited to do push ups 'til I'm naturally doing things on the floor I'd be waiting forever! 😄 Prioritizing exercise early in the day helps ensure it happens, and can give a confidence & dopamine boost that makes subsequent activities easier. To me that's worth a little effort, mental negotiation, and Habit Stacking of self-care activities that take place---gasp!---on vertical as well as horizontal planes! 😆 It's also worth it to practice asking myself what lapses in doing a new habit can teach me instead of assuming the fault is with me or Tiny Habits. (Was it too big, not important enough to me, timed wrong for my energy level, triggering of negative emotions, not paired with a cue in my physical environment, lacking a juicy immediate reward, etc.) Keeping a Metacognition Log and noticing what I'm doing RIGHT helps me with this. BTW, I use a container that lets me keep water within reach throughout the day even when I'm not in front of a faucet ; - ), and *breaking* my habit of taking vitamins and drinking water before bed has allowed me to sleep through the night without having to get up and pee. 🚽🤤 6:30 I disagree with "Change is [...] hard and it *should* be." Whah? I may not be "entitled to a change journey that is going to be necessarily easy" (obviously), but making habit change as easy, rewarding, and FUN as possible is simply SMART because it WORKS! Tiny Habits and #TemptationBundling for the win! 🤩
@bodybrainalliance
4 ай бұрын
We’re pointing out here that our habits need to align our values and that stacking something for the sake of doing “Tiny Habits” isn’t necessarily the most appropriate strategy or helpful for folks. If movement and building strength are important to someone, then doing a push up after brushing teeth in the morning could be a helpful stack, but that same pairing may not work for someone who doesn’t care much about moving their body. When we say “change is hard and it should be”, we mean that we need to practice skills like discomfort tolerance as part of our change journey. We’re big fans of strategies like temptation bundling but there will be things that may never be fun for us, even though they align with our values and that’s why building skills to navigate those situations is also important. 😊
@grasshopper22222
10 ай бұрын
yeah but for issue 2 the problem is most peoples values are towards such high intensity things that always lead to massive burnout. So this solution is knocking down your expectations to something realistic to feel accomplished, which will only make you want to continue. The whole point on your last issue is to first get in the routine of doing something first that it can be built upon by your own intrinsic motivation that you are capable and CAN accomplish much more, instead of having high expectations all the time and always getting burdened by not accomplishing what you set out to. I don't get your logic with saying its a binary everything is a binary with whatever goal you want to achieve you either do it or you don't, there is no inbetween of wanting to do something and not wanting to do something lol.
@grasshopper22222
10 ай бұрын
And I think most people will agree that it "murders your mindset" much more when you dump an insane amount of willpower and time into your huge grandious goal like tracking charts, buying things, preparing yourself for the goal, making commitments with friends just to fail. So making it so easy you never run into the problem of not doing it cause it's so damn easy.
@bodybrainalliance
10 ай бұрын
You might be conflating values with goals here? Values are things that we deem important to how we live our lives, that can guide our decision making and don’t necessarily translate 1:1 into more specific goals (eg we can value physical activity but that doesn’t mean we have a goal of running a marathon). Reducing our expectations is about breaking down our goals into realistic steps and milestones, based on where we are at (eg a single college student wanting to compete in powerlifting will have a different goal breakdown than a mum of 2 who works full-time). We firmly believe that a lot of our habits can exist on a continuum and not on a binary pass/fail system, which is contrary to how a lot of the self-help world teaches habit formation (and adherence). It’s about expanding our definitions of what done looks like and means to us. Using the example in the video, the habit of making your bed can look like fluffing a pillow one day and doing the whole thing the next day. In both cases, you can say you’ve made your bed (based on having a more flexible definition of what that can look like). While habits can certainly help us achieve bigger picture goals, we’re not specifically talking about goals in this video (we actually have other videos on that topic 😉).
@bodybrainalliance
10 ай бұрын
We don’t set out on our goals knowing we will fail though, do we? We set goals and start working towards them because we want to achieve them - at BBA we want to highlight that we can enjoy the process of going after a goal as much as achieving them (if not more) ☺️
@aws96314
2 ай бұрын
@@bodybrainalliance Assuming that we should start treating our habits on a continuum, is the elastic habits (from the same other of mini habits) approach better?
@rovingrhea
Жыл бұрын
THANK YOU! Both the rigidity and the simplicity of the habits I see presented withing this concept never sat right with me. I want to build a habit of drawing, and the "just draw one single line every morning when you drink your coffee" just isn't very helpful. And I don't understand how it's supposed to be translated into a full habit of doing art, learning new concepts, adopting a growth mindset (which I lack, which is why I struggle with consistently drawing), etc. So it was a relief to hear that you're having some of the same thoughts as I have, and that I'm not a freak for not applying these concepts to a T 😅
@bodybrainalliance
Жыл бұрын
YESS! So glad it was helpful! Our habits need to be meaningful and that's okay!
@generic_account2138
11 ай бұрын
Then you simply fail to understand how practice works. Its repetition, discipline and breaking things down. Professional symphony musician here. Tiny habits are the GOAT
@hannahm.9881
9 ай бұрын
Instead of draw "one line...." while drinking coffee why not draw your coffee mug it's self. You'd practice shading and shape every single day. You could also expand on the coffee mug over time or when the mood stuck. Add in your hand holding the mug, someone sipping the mug, the mug floating in a sink of soapy water....just have to understand what a good bare minimum for you is.
@irismaguire
8 ай бұрын
I’ve had the same problem of not consistently drawing (even if it’s something I love doing) for years. I was subscribed to the email newsletter of Fogg and read Clear’s articles, but nothing worked for me. It’s probably more my fault than theirs because I have shiny object syndrome. But what works for me are 30-day drawing challenges. Right now I’m able to stick to my daily drawing habit because I like the way I feel about myself after accomplishing a drawing. I think it takes a certain amount discipline but having good feelings about taking/finishing the action certainly helps.
@BarbaraBrasileiro
2 ай бұрын
I think drawing a single line really didn't make sense, but maybe drawing a complete but very simple thing might be more interesting. Less than that could be a simple exercise of drawing. Something that makes sense for you and gets you going to do more things. I often see that my problem is to start doing things. After I start, I can finish them.
@cmfrtblynmb02
7 ай бұрын
I think you don't have an issue with the book itself, but how people perceive it. I agree. But I think you should not worry about that part. It is on people to understand. If they don't, they don't. I think author also pushed the marketing part a little hard too, he is guilty somewhat. Still, procrastination is the enemy of any change and what author prescribes is the antidote to this. If you start doing something, you do something small but hopefully you make it bigger. If you don't, you don't. Again, this on you. I am not done through the book, maybe author talks about that, maybe he doesn't. But I think anyone with a brain knows you don't become a musician by practicing 3 minutes after you pee. But you don't get to be a musician if you don't start I agree on the task switching though. But in author's defense, our minds are so f.ked by the internet, social media, apps that just replacing those mindless browsing with starting of a task is something better
@tleigefer530
8 ай бұрын
about the second argument: tiny habits are useful when you have really busy day and these tiny actions keep you going. By doing one push up you telling yourself that you do not stop your attempts and will continue building that habit. I tried that with guitar playing. I am always demanding too much of myself and setting a goal to practice 1 hour per day i will feel myself miserable in case i miss a day. But with mini-habits i found that i can actually practice for 3 hours in a row and feeling myself perfect, just because there is no pressure and i shouldn't practice more than one minute.
@bodybrainalliance
8 ай бұрын
It sounds like you found something that works for you, which is great! :)
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