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Damn my bad habit is watching productivity videos on KZfaq...

my main addiction is youtube.... spend way to much time here.

So far I've quit: Soda Porn Video Games Drinking Next: Weed Excessive phone use

Roses are red Violets are blue I procrastinate watching his videos And so do you

I’m 19 and all my child hood friends do drugs and drink very regularly. This summer I’ve decided to distance myself and focus on the goals I had as a kid. I leave for A&M later this summer and I hope to reach my full potential. If I can do it so can anybody else. Good luck to anyone reading this.

Break your bad habit more quickly by moving to 8:40

[Insert ironic joke about procrastinating while watching a video on how to stop procastination]

Speaking of 30-day challenges, I'm going to break my bad habit of skipping exercise. For the next 30 days, I'm going to either lift or do some sort of cardio every single day, and I'll be posting a picture on Instagram each day with a progress update to prove it. If you want to join in, you can post your own pics with #cig30, or just comment on my pic and tell me if you stuck to your goal. My Instagram: instagram.com/tomfrankly/

I think that a better approach than the 30 day challenge is the one day challenge. "Today, I'm not going to (am going to) do X." It's a very simple and effective way to make a change. I started using it 4 months ago to stop going to McDonald's. Every time I see one, I remind myself that today I'm not going to McDonald's. it requires almost no willpower.

Thomas: I actually have a pretty bad habit Me: Oh wow he's not a perfect robot Thomas: of looking at analytics on KZfaq Me: Jesus Christ

I love that you dont just tell us the details but you actually partake in the methods and tips you suggest which i havent actually seen any self help youtubers do before.

WONDERFUL video, Thomas!! I think this is one of my favorites. This is so well structured and useful!

You look even better than the photoshopped photo of you! :)

Thank you for posting your old acne photo. Your skin looks so clear now and I'm encouraged! I'm 4 days in on a No Sugar challenge and I know I'm gonna love finally having clear skin! 🙌😁

I don't know what I'd do without your videos and podcasts, Thomas. Thank you for all your hard work!

"What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do." Love this quote and love your videos! Thanks Thomas!

As always, thanks immensely for your videos. They are not only informative, but never fail to motivate me as well.

These strategies are actually practical. Thanks for sharing it.

what would the world be without people like you @ThomasFrank this video is so useful. THANK YOU!

I wish I had your channel when I was in high school!! Still never too late to try to be a better person. Thank you soo much for your great content! 💙

Thanks Thomas, I'll try to put it into practice.

One thing here that wasn't addressed is the question what is habit compared to addiction? And if something that is a part of your life is missing, won't your productivity suffer? At least temporarily?

Thank you so much. Talking about your energy drink problem helped me a lot as it helped me realise that we all have flaws and we all have the ability to overcome them. All of your videos talk sense each and every time :). Amazing work!

I've been having a real hard time getting into the habit of reading again so I thought I'd start by listening to "The Power of Habit" on Audible and now I'm half way done with the book. Thank you Thomas your videos are time well spent when I put the knowledge into action.

This video is the best. Changed my life.

Great video! I've used all of these methods before actually, can confirm that they work. This past October I did sober October and it went so well that I've stayed sober through November as well. For November I gave up facebook and that's gone really well also. During those 30 days you can really dig deep inside yourself and figure out what caused the bad habits in the first place. I am still working on my sugar addiction. It's really hard during this time of year when it seems like everywhere you go, somebody is offering you a slice of cake, pie, or cookies. Sigh. All I can do is NOT keep sugary snacks in my own home and keep lots of healthy snacks on hand.

You always have the best cut aways to your sponsor. They make sense and don’t ruin the entirety of the video. Thank you

I loved all the nice, simple, yet engaging transitions used in this video. Great advice, thanks for taking the time to share this!

Hey Thomas, could you make a video about learning something alone? For things we want to learn outside the scope of the college/school or when we have a bad professor

This video is really helpful, thanks Thomas!

You're wise beyond your years...no wonder you're well on your way to 1,000,000 subscribers. "Remove as much access to the habit as you can"...is gold. GREAT information. I can now rest confidently knowing there is hope for the next generation. 👍🏻

Probably the most amazing video on KZfaq!!!!!!! As a psychology student motivated by self-improvement, this very nicely and concisely puts together the principles and applications of behavioural analysis! Well done.

Great timing on the this! I just finished The Power of Habit!

I haven't drunk any sort of fizzy drink (especially coke) for three years. So proud of myself.

Thanks! I'm a freshman at university and your videos do help a lot. Almost all the time I get the highest grades possible and partly that's because of your content. It's really useful and inspiring. Keep up the great work!

You talk so concisely and you are so informative of the topic, I honestly thank you so much for spending the time to make this, it really was useful :)

I'm on day 10 of a wholefoods plantbased diet. It's been so LONG since I'd been able to control my binge eating urges. Now sticking to this and feeling good. Can't believe it tbh. I've tried so much over the last year.

..."compulsively biting your nails..." *Stopped biting my nails*

Thanks Thomas! I signed up to audible and downloaded your book recommendation. Can't wait to listen to it! Keep up the excellent work!

I really loved "Power of Habits" - thank you for the summary here, repetition is always great

Great, keep going ♥️

Hey, Thomas! Can you make a video about how to keep yourself motivated to study when you have problems with depression and anxiety? It's really hard to do it when you don't have confidence and is always questioning your efforts. It would mean a lot to hear your opinion, because most times we can't tell when the lack of commitment is our fault or not... So really if you could help that'd be awesome!

Thank you very much for sharing all this incredible info for people online! It's amazing seeing a person who reads books and kindly gives out their morals and summaries honestly and efficiently. There should be more people like you in society sharing beneficial experiences honestly setting aside any urge for exploiting them.

I listened to The Power of Habit last winter break, and it's one of my favorite books now. I liked the defining your why part of this video. I need to start doing that.

Out of curiosity, primarily where did you develop your philosophy, and what pushed you to initially do so? I recently came across your channel and I think the information you're putting out is invaluable. But I'm just curious where you started.

Great tips! I recently found your channel and I'm so happy about it. Amazing job dude!

YOUR VIDEOS COULD CHANGE LIVES. you have no idea what you are doing for the world, i subbed.

My bad (good?) habit is binge watching this channel several videos at a time.

Sodie pops - papa bless

I read the power of habit after I watched one of your older videos and you recommended it. I have now quit soda completely 2 months ago, I used to drink a can a day. I lost weight, my acne is better, and soda tastes disgusting to me now. Looking forward to making healthier habits. Great video.

Thomas, I love all your videos and I have to say this particular one is ABSOLUTELY AWESOME! I think is one of your best videos. Thank you for sharing your experience and always creating great content.

The glo up is real

I'm going to quit redbull thanks to this video, wish me luck

I love this guy's videos. They're really interesting and contain very helpful information. I had put some of his advices in practice and they have really helped. I'd wish they made more videos as interesting as these

Thank you for sharing this Thomas, really came in handy.

"Do not Falcon Punch random people for 30 days" That made me laugh way too hard. XD

I'm a simple man. I see a Thomas Frank video, I watch it, and I like it.

This has been the most relateable and most helpful of your videos so far for me, thank you, really thank you.

I saw your video on " 10 books every student should read" and I decided to purchase the power of habit as the first one out of the 10.. I'm half way through and I am really enjoying it! Watching this video help to put everything into perspective and gain some additional tips on how to actually break bad habits.

Actually lol'd at "Falcon Punched a Rando?"

anyone know a good replacement for spending all day on youtube?

First of all, thank you for all the videos. I saw that book in a store and I immediately though "I know this! Thomas Frank is always talking about this. I should buy it!". And I did. I'm still in the middle of the book but I'm really loving it. At the same time I'm beginning to listen to your podcasts when doing daily things like brushing the teeths and eating breakfast and it started to change some thoughts I had in my mind about the subjects you talk about. Also during the boring routines of going to the underground, I now bring that book and it stopped me from being all the time on facebook. I still have other bad habits I would like to end like being always late or sleeping in the morning but little by little I see some changes on my routines and habits and that's all thanks to you! I hope you continue doing this and that you have a lot of sucess in life. Best from Portugal :)

Good video. I wasn’t even searching for my habit (also energy drinks and nail biting), but still found this video accidentally and it’s very helpful. Thanks a lot.

Alright, I'll add my 2 cents about my own experiences with bad habits: First and foremost, some habits just die out without you necessarily doing anything for it. I used to bite my nails for years and at some point it just started dying down to a point where I only rarely do it nowadays and if I do so, I go to the bathroom afterwards to fix it. I also realized that I only ever did it when I was bored so that is some information I could have used to combat that vice deliberately. Secondly, some habits can just become so annoying for you that you are sick of them just like that without needing willpower to quit. I used to browse a couple of 'funny' sides every day but got annoyed at this taking up so much time each day so one day I was just so pissed at this waste of time that I just stopped. The same happened with facebook, wasting so much time with pointless refreshing the feed also got me to just quit. Thirdly, you don't necessarily have to kill a habit, just modifying it can do the trick as well. Thomas already mentioned the cookie story which is similar to my habit in question, whereas analyzing why you perform those actions in the first place is the key. For me it was drinking Cappuccino....5-10 cups a day. I just love having something to drink, preferably something warm, at my desk almost all the time. Figuring that out, the fact that it's not the Cappuccino itself I was after but just having something ready to drink all the time allowed me to simply switch to tea where it doesn't matter when I drink that much, at least not with the teas I am drinking. Admittedly, between the switch was a vacation where I didn't have access to that habit in the first place which probably made the switch significantly easier that it would have been otherwise. I could even go so far and scrap the tea for simple water if I wanted to. In conclusion, finding out why you do something in the first place can be severely helpful.

For me personally, the best way to "break a bad habit" is to stop it from even becoming one in the first place. Any sort of habit is born gradually, just as you basically mentioned. It doesn't just appear out of nowhere. But obviously, we can't always stop something bad from becoming a habit. That's where we need to put in the work, which increases the more we allow the bad habit to take over. Nice video, by the way.

Clear, concrete steps and goals defined in this video. Great work. Thanks heaps.

Your videos are great have been SO helpful! I remember watching them since I was a freshman in high school and now I'm going to my dream school in the fall, so thanks Thomas :)

when you procrastinate your procrastination joke

Woa you look better than your goal.....

Just finished this book Thursday! Perfect video to pair with it!

I've had a soda problem for many many years by now and I'm fighting it like this, applying the idea of "path of least resistance": I always have a bottle of soda at home because if I don't I immediately get a craving to go out and buy some, usually resulting in a binge. But instead of placing it next to me as I've used to I've started placing them at the bottom of my desk in the far back and instead have a water bottle right next to me. Now whenever I feel thirsty, I'm more inclined to take the path of least resistance to the bottle of water since that'll solve the problem of my thirst, only very rarely reaching down to grab the bottle of soda. While I haven't stopped entirely yet, I went down from binging like 20 liters in a week down to just about 2 liters and I intend to bring it down even further than that, eventually quitting. Appreciate your content as it's really opening my eyes in many aspects of my life.

I had to pause the video and mourn when he said "When my GIRLFRIEND"

i started watching an 11:11 min video at 11:11pm lol..i just thought id share... who cares? i know.

This is well-written and references many relevant sources of wisdom. Excellent work!

THANK YOU. I needed this and related to you so much!

i hope this will help me to cut artificial sugars. it would make my fight against cancer easier.

I rub/pick my eyebrows without realising... now I have bald patches in my eyebrows. *help*.

i looked to like this video 5 times until now. Like every time he hits something spot on. awesome video

@ThomasFrank, I just have broken a 'badhabit' today (3 months of not doing that bad habit). WHAT GREAT TIMING :D.... your video really help me in life. THANK YOU.

It's ironic because I'm procrastinating reading The Odyssey by watching this video haha Btw I can relate to the analytics habit

More like an addiction than a habit (there is a dopamine addiction) but people would get offended by that word if it's not a diagnosed disease. Sigh

You're just amazing..I already feel so motivated to go study!! Thank you!!

Your channel has a lot of beneficial advice. Thank you

I'll wright a joke about procrastination later

You look tired Thomas.

This is probably your best video ever. Thank you!

3:02 THAT'S AMAZING!!!!! Thanks for sharing that!!!

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pewdiepie is my vegina

Great book. I read it over a couple times and will be buying a copy to keep for ref. Love all ur vids. Your channel is so educational and motivating.

This is my first "thumbs up" in a long time! You've earned it, great video!

Good advice that can be applied broadly. Very helpful. Thank you!!

Hello! I really love your video, and it actually will help me a lot to ged rid of all my bad habits! I'm so happy because I've finally found a good coach like you! I'll start my 30-day challenge tomorrow! Thank you so much! Regards from Morocco. Niss.

Good job man. I love your videos and I just read this book "The Power Of Habit" and it changed my life to better. Thanks!

Thomas, I love you and your videos, well presented information, easy to understand and fun 😀

You mentioned charles' book importance of habit in another video and i read it. It was a fantastic book and i'd definitely recommend it to anyone trying to go deeply into forming of habits!

well, your skin is absolutely flawless, and video this is giving me just the perfect amount of motivation, to do my own 30day challenge

Loved that book. I actually read it with my ears a couple of years ago 😁 I'm actually looking into buying the physical copy, it was so good.

Great video and tips! I'm working on point number 1. Thanks!