Most Replayed Moment: The Mid-Year Reset - Atomic Habits Author On How To Get Back On Track

0:04Earlier on, when you said that ambitious people, they have lots of aspirations, lots of habits they want to start, I was thinking about myself and thinking, there's probably 30 habits that I would like to acquire. I'd want to be better at writing. I want to be a runner. I want to be better at speaking. I want to be a better friend and be more attentive with my friends and make sure I text them on their birthdays and, you know, all of these new habits that I want to pursue. How does one know which one to aim for first? Is there a framework for knowing?

0:31Yeah, there's some things that you can do. I don't think to your point earlier about sometimes the riskiest things just take a long time making the decision. You know, maybe you should just pick one and work on it and then you can get on to the next one. But I do think there's some level of strategy, which is a good place to start is by asking yourself which habits are upstream from other good things happening.

0:51So, for example, I know that if you were – maybe the question to start with is when you live a good day, when you feel dialed in, when things are like rolling along well for you, what tends to be part of that day? Sleep. You know? Okay. Great. So that's – you know, I would say for me – sleep is definitely one. I would say getting my workout in and –