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Podcast: Running Lean
Episode: 78. The Problem with Streaks
Description: When it comes to habit change, there’s this idea that if you do something every day for a period of time – 30-60-90 days – then you will automatically develop a new habit.
I cannot tell you how wrong this idea is.
It just doesn’t work this way; there’s a lot more to habit change than doing a behavior every day.
How many times have you ever had a streak going like you’ve given up sugar or alcohol for weeks or months straight, and then one day something happens and just like th...