Uploaded July 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Doctors are not behavioral scientists. I am. In this video, I fact-check one of the most popular productivity creators' habits advice. While I agree with some of his points, there's a clear lack of proper research on how habits really work. Don't just read one book and then make a video. Do your research properly.
Watch @Kharma Medic's original video here: youtu.be/kaGV_eFXiNk
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Citations:
Motivation helps people start habits but not continue them: bit.ly/3oIgPBi
Discipline/self control does NOT improve habit performance: frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00560/full
Habit stacking is legit: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34941558
Repetition is key to building habits: frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00167/full
Context/environment design is most important for driving habit change, just one of many examples of this finding: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35409899
Mulligans/free passes/ 2 day rule- pubsonline.informs.org/doi/abs/10.1287/mnsc.2020.3706
Self-compassion can improve mental health: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jclp.22375
Depression hinders studying habits: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3249802
Feedback improves motivation and may improve goal attainment: link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11423-021-09940-3
People post-rationalise and distort facts: journal.sjdm.org/9130/jdm9130.html Join Shortform for amazing book summaries, 20% off the annual subscription with my link: shortform.com/pete
Doctors are not behavioral scientists. I am. In this video, I fact-check one of the most popular productivity creators' habits advice. While I agree with some of his points, there's a clear lack of proper research on how habits really work. Don't just read one book and then make a video. Do your research properly.
Watch @Kharma Medic's original video here: youtu.be/kaGV_eFXiNk
Follow me: TikTok:@petejudo
Behavioral Science Instagram: @petebitsofficial
Instagram: @petejudo
Twitter: @petejudo
LinkedIn: Peter Judodihardjo
Citations:
Motivation helps people start habits but not continue them: bit.ly/3oIgPBi
Discipline/self control does NOT improve habit performance: frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00560/full
Habit stacking is legit: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34941558
Repetition is key to building habits: frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00167/full
Context/environment design is most important for driving habit change, just one of many examples of this finding: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35409899
Mulligans/free passes/ 2 day rule- pubsonline.informs.org/doi/abs/10.1287/mnsc.2020.3706
Self-compassion can improve mental health: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jclp.22375
Depression hinders studying habits: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3249802
Feedback improves motivation and may improve goal attainment: link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11423-021-09940-3
People post-rationalise and distort facts: journal.sjdm.org/9130/jdm9130.html Join Shortform for amazing book summaries, 20% off the annual subscription with my link: shortform.com/pete
