Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2026-10-10

Books mentioned on The Only 12 Lessons Buried In Every Self-Help Book - Spencer Greenberg - #1161

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Spencer Greenberg is a mathematician, founder, CEO & creator of ClearerThinking.

Chris Williamson discussed Atomic Habits by James Clear and Tiny Habits by Bj Fogg.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. Atomic Habits

    James Clear · at 1:23:11

    Atomic Habits by James Clear is a widely acclaimed guide on habit formation, personal development, and systems design.

    Discussed
    “I suppose this is probably one of the advantages of a book like let's say Atomic Habits or Tiny Habits BJ Fogg”
    Where to get it
  2. Tiny Habits

    Bj Fogg · at 1:23:11

    Tiny Habits by BJ Fogg is a self-development guide that presents a practical framework for creating lasting behavioral change by breaking down goals into remarkably small, manageable daily actions.

    Discussed
    “I suppose this is probably one of the advantages of a book like let's say Atomic Habits or Tiny Habits BJ Fogg”
    Where to get it
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Own book The 12 Levers
“And much to our surprise, we were able to boil it down to just 12 levers, which is these 12 underlying psychological strategies, and that's the name of our book, 12 levers.”
Own book The 12 Levers
“And this is part of what set us down this journey of writing the book The Twelve Lovers was that my co-author and I had both seen the same methods come again and again and again and it started to make us think maybe there's a pattern here, right?”
Own book The 12 Levers
“there's literally one of the most ridiculous techniques that we talk about in our book The 12 Lovers is you can literally sing the happy birthday song to your thought or do a silly daffy duck voice to your thought”
Own book The 12 Levers
“so one thing we talk about in our book The 12 Lovers is doing a time audit”