I don't believe in building habits

This episode is my argument for why I don't believe in habits. Not against consistency (consistency is everything) but against the conventional method for getting there: the trigger-behavior-reward loop, the 21-day calendar, the check marks on the wall. What I've been calling the Click Method is what I saw actually work. Something shifts in how you see a behaviour, and after that, the old way stops making sense. No willpower battle. No white-knuckling. The desired behavior just becomes the obvious choice. I walk through where I've seen it happen, make the case for one of the most under-appreciated books of the last 50 years, and connect the whole thing back to why sprint retrospectives matter more than most people realize.In This EpisodeWhy the 21-day calendar method doesn't produce the results it promisesThe Click MethodWhy borrowing someone else's habits rarely sticks (it's a values mismatch, not a discipline problem)The Allen Carr smoking book and what makes it a different category of self-helpHow math class explains behavioural change better than most productivity booksWhy sprint retrospectives are more important than sprint planningHow to find the person whose insight might unlock your own clickChapters:00:00 Traditional habit-building advice doesn't work 05:13 Does it mean people can't change? 07:15 The Click Method10:35 Self-engineering "The Click"  14:16 Smoking example17:41 School example18:57 If you are trying to build consistencyThe Book Mentioned"The Easy Way to Stop Smoking" by Allen Carr. LinksJoin the waitlist for the next sprint: monthlymethod.com/focus-roomMonthly Method is a productivity system built on Agile/Scrum, adapted for real humans. Sprint. Rest. Repeat. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★