behavior change

5 statements across 4 episodes · 0 bullish · 4 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Oct 15, 2019 by Daniel Kahneman · across every show →

Everything said about behavior change, oldest first

Oct 15, 2019 negative
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Kahneman: Anyone optimistic about easily changing human behavior is completely deluded
“I think changing behavior is extremely difficult. There are a few tips and, you know, a few guidelines about how to do that, but anybody who is very optimistic about changing behavior is just deluded. It's hard to change other people's behavior. It's very hard…”
Daniel Kahneman Oct 15, 2019 ▶ 12:48 #68 Daniel Kahneman: Putting Your Intuition on Ice
Jun 23, 2020 negative
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Fogg: Information alone does not reliably drive sustained behavior change
“That information alone does not reliably lead to sustained behavior change. Now information can be part of the puzzle, but that alone doesn't seem to do the trick for most people. So seeing statistics, seeing data won't necessarily change somebody's behavior i…”
BJ Fogg Jun 23, 2020 ▶ 6:22 #86 BJ Fogg: The Science of Lasting Change
Jun 23, 2020
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BJ Fogg: Behavior is made easier only through training, environmental redesign, or shrinking actions
“You can change the person to make it easier to do by skilling them up. You can change the environment by giving people tools and resources or yourself tools and resources. And in the third approach, if you need this, you take it and you just Scale the behavior…”
BJ Fogg Jun 23, 2020 ▶ 12:32 #86 BJ Fogg: The Science of Lasting Change
Jul 22, 2025 negative
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Kahneman: Anyone highly optimistic about behavior change is deluded
“I think changing behavior is extremely difficult. There are a few tips and, you know, a few guidelines about how to do that, but anybody who is very optimistic about changing behavior is just deluded. It's hard to change other people's behavior. It's very hard…”
Daniel Kahneman Jul 22, 2025 ▶ 18:23 Daniel Kahneman: Algorithms Make Better Decisions Than You
Jan 1, 2026 negative
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Clear: Changing desires is too hard; don't try making bad habits unattractive
“Rather than making it attractive, make it unattractive. That one is the most difficult of the four and probably the place that I would recommend focusing on the least because it's hard to change your desires.”
James Clear Jan 1, 2026 ▶ 1:24:00 How to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones | James Clear
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