Why strategies and benefits matter

We talk about how we’re using Determination Day (February 28) to reengage with our “26 for ’26” list. We also share listeners’ excellent suggestions for “Move 26 in ’26,” as well as an example of how understanding someone’s Tendency reduces conflict in a marriage.

Resources & links related to this episode:

• Are you a Lark or an Owl? 
• Strategy of Distinctions
• Strategy of Pairing
• Strategy of Accountability
• 21 Strategies for Habit Change
• Download the free Determination Day PDF here
• Lady Gaga singing "Won't You Be My Neighbor?"
• Give yourself permission to lower the bar. 
• Elizabeth is reading: Unspeakable Things: Silence, Shame, and the Stories We Choose to Believe by Brooke Nevils (Amazon, Bookshop) 
• Gretchen is reading: The School of Night by Karl Ove Knausgaard (Amazon, Bookshop) 

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