186. Do You Need a Routine?

Would you be more adventurous if you had more structure? Do you multitask while brushing your teeth? And what would Mike’s perfect brother Peter do?

SOURCES:David Brooks • , opinion columnist for The New York Times.Colin Camerer • , professor of economics at the California Institute of Technology. James Clear • , writer. Mason Currey • , author. David Goggins • , ultra-endurance athlete and retired U.S. Navy SEAL. Jesse Itzler • , entrepreneur and author. Katy Milkman • , professor of operations, information and decisions at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and host of the Choiceology • podcast. Aneesh Rai • , professor of management and organization at the University of Maryland. Tony Robbins • , author, motivational speaker, and life coach. Sydney Scott • , professor of marketing at Washington University in St. Louis. Cass Sunstein • , professor and founding director of the Program on Behavioral Economics and Public Policy at Harvard Law School. Elanor Williams • , professor of marketing at Washington University in St. Louis.

RESOURCES: • " A Field Experiment on Subgoal Framing to Boost Volunteering: The Trade-Off Between Goal Granularity and Flexibility • ," by Aneesh Rai, Marissa A. Sharif, Edward H. Chang, Katherine L. Milkman, and Angela L. Duckworth ( Journal of Applied Psychology, • 2023). • " What’s Next? Advances and Challenges in Understanding How Environmental Predictability Shapes the Development of Cognitive Control • ," by Yuko Munakata, Diego Placido, and Winnie Zhuang ( Current Directions in Psychological Science, • 2023). • " A Neural Autopilot Theory of Habit: Evidence From Consumer Purchases and Social Media Use • ," by Colin Camerer, Yi Xin, and Clarice Zhao ( Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, • 2023). • " In Goal Pursuit, I Think Flexibility Is the Best Choice for Me but Not for You • ," by Sydney E. Scott and Elanor F. Williams ( Journal of Marketing Research, • 2022). Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones, • by James Clear (2018). Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, • by Matthew Desmond (2016). Living with a SEAL: 31 Days Training with the Toughest Man on the Planet, • by Jesse Itzler (2015). • " The Good Order • ," by David Brooks ( The New York Times, • 2014). Daily Rituals: How Artists Work, • by Mason Currey (2013).