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Are you someone who\u2019s currently struggling to kick-start change in your own?<\/p>\n<p>If you are either of these \u2013 or both \u2013 this episode will introduce you to state-of-the-art methods that will take you from where you are to where you really want to be.<\/p>\n<p>Award-winning <strong>Wharton Professor Katy Milkman <\/strong>has devoted her career to studying behavior change \u2013 and her new book, &#8220;<strong><em>How To Change: The Science Of Getting From Where You Are To Where You Are Meant To Be&#8221;<\/em><\/strong> has just been named one of Amazon\u2019s <strong>\u201cBest Books of 2021 So Far.\u201d <\/strong><strong>Daniel Pink, Adam Grant, Susan Cain and Malcolm Gladwell \u2013 as part of\u00a0their &#8220;Next Big Idea Club&#8221; \u2013 have also named it one of their favorite books of the year.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Milkman, who also teaches at the University of Pennsylvania\u2019s Perelman School of Medicine, says that change comes most readily when we understand what&#8217;s standing between us and success \u2013 and then tailor our solution to that roadblock. If we want to work out more but find exercise difficult and boring, for example, downloading a goal-setting app probably won&#8217;t help. But by reframing our idea of working out so that it becomes a source of pleasure for us instead of a chore, we inherently turn an uphill battle into a downhill one.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5203 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-wmplo.xyz\/mark-c-divi5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/9781785043710-187x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"187\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging-wmplo.xyz\/mark-c-divi5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/9781785043710-187x300.jpg 187w, https:\/\/staging-wmplo.xyz\/mark-c-divi5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/9781785043710.jpg 311w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 187px) 100vw, 187px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a lot of research which shows that we humans tend to be over-confident about how easy it is to be self-disciplined. 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