17 Dec 2025 · 0 min
Brian Johnson uses a clothing metaphor to explain why habits need to fit who you want to become. He draws on Maxwell Maltz's Psycho-Cybernetics and suggests treating your habits like a closet: discard what no longer serves you and shop for better ones.
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Do your habits fit? Did you know the word habit originally referred to the clothes you wore? Yep. Your habits fit who you are. So how are your clothes, er, habits fitting you? Are you rocking the style you want to be seen in? Or are you still wearing tattered, misfitting, hand me down habits from a less evolved version of you know that if you want to change your life, the fastest way is to change your habits. With that in mind, I say it's time to clean out your closet and go shopping for some new habits. Shopping Spree what are some new awesome habits you could develop in your life in the closet cleanse? What are some old, less than awesome habits that need to go? Little footnote here. Pick this one up from Maxwell Maltz's classic Psycho Cybernetics. Check out my philosopher's note on it for some more. Goodness.
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