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Podcast: The importance of anticipating obstacles

Obstacles are hard to deal with as they come up, but pretty easy to deal with ahead of time.

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Podcast: The importance of anticipating obstacles

On this episode, we chat about obstacles that get in the way of our habits—including the habits we’re in the middle of forming, and the ones we already have. Topics covered include:

  • The payoff of anticipating obstacles ahead of time
  • Some common obstacles that get in our way
  • How to identify the obstacles that’ll get in the way of our specific habits
  • The types of obstacles we face: Environmental, time-based, temptations, and situational
  • The five cues that trigger habits
  • Minding our time, attention, and energy

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Chris Bailey
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Chris Bailey

Chris is the bestselling author of four books—Intentional, How to Calm Your Mind, Hyperfocus, and The Productivity Project—which have been published in more than 40 languages. He also hosts the Intentional AI podcast, writes a biweekly newsletter, The Recap, and speaks to audiences around the world on how they can become more productive without hating the process.

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