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James Clear Your Year: Habits That Stick in 2025

This is the year your habits stick—and I’m here to spill the James Clear tea to help make it happen. In Day 4 of the Be Your Best Self in 2025 Challenge with Day 4: James Clear Your Year: Habits That Stick, we’re focusing on how to create habits that actually last.
Habits are the building blocks of success, and James Clear’s research in Atomic Habits has transformed the way I think about goal-setting. In this episode, I’ll guide you through his science-backed approach to habit formation, how to create systems that support your goals, and the small, consistent steps you can take to become the person you want to be in 2025.
As most folks (including me!) find adopting habits for the long-term challenging, I dive into how my husband became a runner and I became a vegetarian, breaking the broken habits curse once and for all by understanding the stages and applying James’ methodology.
Before you listen:
Grab your Be Your Best Self in 2025 Workbook: workmuse.com/bestself
By the end of this episode, you’ll have 1-3 habits that are:
- Specific, Attractive, Easy, and Satisfying—the foundation of James Clear’s proven method.
- Anchored in your daily routines with a system to support them.
- Designed to help you not just achieve your goals but become the person you want to be.
Here’s a glance at this episode:
Download your workbook and pen, grab your favorite cozy spot, and settle in as we dive into Day 4 of the challenge, starting with:
- [1:21] An exciting announcement about why new episodes are moving to Tuesdays—and how this change supports work-life balance.
- [5:19] A quick recap of the progress you’ve made so far in the Be Your Best Self in 2025 Challenge.
- [6:32] Why systems matter more than goals and how to apply James Clear’s powerful quote: “You don’t rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.” to your work and life.
- [9:04] The 4 key stages of habit formation—Cue, Craving, Response, and Reward—and how to apply them to build habits that last—plus my real-life example applying all 4 stages to my new weight lifting routine.
- [12:48] I spill the tea for James Clear’s 7 best tips for creating habits that stick plus the 2 mantras that James personally uses and how they helped him become a New York Times’ Bestselling author.
- [18:47] Real-life examples of habits that stuck: My husband Mike’s journey to becoming a runner and my transition to a vegetarian lifestyle.
- [26:33] The Be Your Best Self in 2025 Challenge Action: Identify 1-3 habits you want to build in 2025 and how to use community for accountability to make them stick!
Quick Housekeeping: Jobshare Revolution podcast will be airing on Tuesdays, starting this week!
Next Week: Join us for Challenge Day 5: Manifest the Life You Want in 2025. We’ll dive into how to turn your dreams into reality and decide who you want to BE in the new year.
P.S. Don’t forget to hop into our Facebook group to share your Challenge Action for a chance to win a work-life prize!
Listen in because the time to make your next bold move for your career and life is now!
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Links mentioned in this episode:
- Grab your Be Your Best Self in 2025 Workbook: workmuse.com/bestself
- Facebook Community: Job Share, Live Life + Slay Work
- DAY 1 ACTION: Episode 23 – Be Your Best Self in 2025 Challenge: What Will You Leave Behind in 2024
- DAY 2 ACTION: Episode 24 – Be Your Best Self in 2025 Challenge: Choose Your Word of the Year
- DAY 3 ACTION: Episode 25 – Be Your Best Self in 2025 Challenge: Setting Achievable Goals
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- Work Muse LinkedIn
- Melissa Nicholson LinkedIn
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Melissa Nicholson job shared for nearly a decade and is the Founder & CEO of Work Muse. Work Muse drives the adoption of job sharing in business as a source of competitive advantage while helping individuals find work-life balance. Join the #JobshareRevolution here.