Love this. I've been trying to re-find a study done (I think in the U.S. near Chicago) where they tracked people who relocated environment and that definitively shaped their success (or failure).
For example, want to get fit? Start hanging out with people who are fit and go to the gym a lot. You will end up adapting to their behaviour pat…
Love this. I've been trying to re-find a study done (I think in the U.S. near Chicago) where they tracked people who relocated environment and that definitively shaped their success (or failure).
For example, want to get fit? Start hanging out with people who are fit and go to the gym a lot. You will end up adapting to their behaviour patterns. Atomic Habits also talks about this in terms of drug addiction and recovery.
I’d be really interested in seeing that Chicago study - Decades ago there was a UK TV news story about how they took a child from the most academically underperforming areas of England and put him in a private school known for its high exam results, and of course he quickly caught up. Although when I later looked up what happened to him I discovered they ended up expelling him over some hijinks his fellow students got him into (although such a fate didn’t befall his schoolmates).
With my expanding waistline I definitely need to hang out with some more fit people!
Love this. I've been trying to re-find a study done (I think in the U.S. near Chicago) where they tracked people who relocated environment and that definitively shaped their success (or failure).
For example, want to get fit? Start hanging out with people who are fit and go to the gym a lot. You will end up adapting to their behaviour patterns. Atomic Habits also talks about this in terms of drug addiction and recovery.
Repetition rewires the brain!
I’d be really interested in seeing that Chicago study - Decades ago there was a UK TV news story about how they took a child from the most academically underperforming areas of England and put him in a private school known for its high exam results, and of course he quickly caught up. Although when I later looked up what happened to him I discovered they ended up expelling him over some hijinks his fellow students got him into (although such a fate didn’t befall his schoolmates).
With my expanding waistline I definitely need to hang out with some more fit people!