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I've read Atomic Habits. Are these habits even smaller?
I haven't read the book but I posted mainly because I found the behavior model useful.
That this kind of basic understanding of human behavior and interaction is no longer considered common sense, at least within the business domains he's targeting, is pretty sad. How it lost its place in the basic toolkit of dealing with people isn't clear to me, but in mentoring startups over the last several years I've certainly noticed its absence and also that some are actually resistant to such ideas (although I…
Can you explain what you mean or maybe specific examples where you "noticed its absence"? Maybe then I'd get it.
I've read Atomic Habits. Are these habits even smaller?
As I see it, James forked Tiny Habits to make it more marketable and has had great success selling books and courses under the Atomic Habits brand.
BJ opted to provide his Tiny Habits materials and 5 day course for free as it generated more data points to support his research.
Having now read both books, I certainly appreciate the plain spoken / matter of fact style of Tiny Habits compared to Atomic Habits which felt more hyped.
I've read Atomic Habits. Are these habits even smaller?
Tiny Habits is great. It is deep while being approachable. BJ Fogg is not only a serious researcher, but also a superb teacher.
Tiny Habits is a book to buy, to read, and to apply to your life (both personal and professional).
If you are serious about improvement, it is essential.
That this kind of basic understanding of human behavior and interaction is no longer considered common sense, at least within the business domains he's targeting, is pretty sad. How it lost its place in the basic toolkit of dealing with people isn't clear to me, but in mentoring startups over the last several years I've certainly noticed its absence and also that some are actually resistant to such ideas (although I…
I don't understand who you are saying thinks that people doing what they want to do if they can do it when they remember/are prompted isn't common sense. I have only read the page that is posted here about Fogg's behavioral model, but I don't see how it is useful. Obviously you need ability and motivation and a prompt to do something. Do you also need a bunch of Foggy jargon to do what you _really_ want to do? Can yo…
One of my previous teams paid to have Fogg come in and train us on both his behavior model, and also on how to do feature planning. The lesson on feature planning was revolutionary for my team. We went from shouting and arguing during planning meetings to everyone walking out happy with all the decisions that were made. He teaches a truly amazing process. The behavior model itself is super useful for user journeys. M…
Interesting. Can you describe what your (previous) team worked on? Was it an engineering team? I have experienced many good engineering teams who discuss calmly and with little friction, but when the big business stakeholders (and egos) come in, it's a different story.
It was a very stressful project, we only had a tiny % of the resources we needed, and everyone had their belief as to the best way to navigate the maelstrom and come out the other side.
We were also all very invested in the product space (fitness) but in different aspects of it (e.g. running vs weight training) and we had no budget for market research. So for a long time (until BJ Fogg came along!) feature planning was "who is arguing the loudest for their point of view".
Then again this was classic Microsoft for the longest time, after all this is the company that had weekly "war room" meetings.
One of my previous teams paid to have Fogg come in and train us on both his behavior model, and also on how to do feature planning. The lesson on feature planning was revolutionary for my team. We went from shouting and arguing during planning meetings to everyone walking out happy with all the decisions that were made. He teaches a truly amazing process. The behavior model itself is super useful for user journeys. M…
How's the process of getting him to present go? I'm interested in doing the same!