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The Greeks called it akrasia: the gap between what you know you should do and what you actually do. Why does it exist? Why is it so stubborn? And why does willpower fail almost every single time? In this chapter, Mark and Drew get into Plato's chariot rider and two horses, the famous hospital checklist that saved 1,500 lives by doing almost nothing, and why putting your gym shoes by the door beats every morning routine ever invented. If change was as easy as more information, we'd all be billionaires with six-packs. It's not, and this is why.
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Chapters
00:00 Introduction
02:15 Plato's chariot
03:49 Change is emotional, not informational
06:29 The checklist that saved lives
08:58 Small changes beat big overhauls
12:56 What change actually feels like
17:59 Why DARE backfired
21:58 Action comes before motivation
24:29 The all-or-nothing trap
33:30 Swapping one habit for another
41:22 When you still need willpower
46:03 The power of a deep "why"
52:36 Recap: the slow path
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