Episode 17
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Sports news Well, no surprise the Bears lost. They made the playoffs (I think for the Bears, it’s called the play-OOFs), yet lost anyway. In upcoming NFL Playoff games, Drew Brees and Tom Brady face each other we Mike and John cannot decide what to call it: The Medicare Bowl, the Geritol Bowl, and many other choices, We want to hear your suggestions in the comments below. Also, Alabama beat Ohio State in the National Championship. For baseball, both the White Sox and the Cubs made rosters changes, significant ones at that.
Other news, Trump is impeached, and become the only person ever impeached twice, and we talk about what happens next in the Senate. And the Inauguration of Joe Biden is coming up.
Tech news: our attempted website hacker has not reached out to us next. If you are our hacker, we want to interview you. Please let a comment so we can interview you.
We talk about our first productivity challenge, which is enacting the first chapter of a productivity book. John starts with his book choice, “Tiny Habits“, by BJ Fogg. He digs deep into Chapter 1 and details the items mentioned in the first chapter, and discusses what he’s put into action. Part of it is training to be prompted. John first enacts Chapter 1 by modifying one of his snacking habits. Then he also uses the tactics in a way related to his DietBet. It’s not just about “what do you want to do”, but also what do you NOT want to do”.
Mike takes on Chapter 1 of “The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck“, by Mark Manson. He goes into depth on how the author wants to limit what we care about. We currently worry about so many things that we fall into a “feedback loop from Hell”, according to the author. Additionally, we seem to always want “more”, that we pursue “more”. And Mike talks about the author’s explanation of the “Backwards Law”: the more you pursue feeling better, the less satisfied you become. Effectively, what he drives at in Chapter 1 is, give zero ‘effs’ about the things that aren’t important.
We collectively decided to continue reading and digging deeper into these books. And then seeing how activating what these books direct us to do actually works in our lives.
DietBet update: The “Transformer” game that we joined earlier this year now has 13,243 participants, and the pot sits at $2,460,990. The pot is getting big. Our progress is measurable and moving in the right direction. We are having more good days than bad days. Finally, we wrapped up the podcast with some final thoughts on tips and tricks to change how we approach snacking.
