Habit Triggers: How a 60-lb-Heavier Exec Started Running Again

Name: Habit Triggers: How a 60-lb-Heavier Exec Started Running Again
Uploaded: 2026-10-05
Duration: 34 s
Channel: Nick Burns
Description: A president of a Houston energy company. 60 pounds heavier. Comes home spent: remote, fridge, beer, couch. All I had to change was the trigger: running shoes go on before he grabs the remote. Now he comes home and runs again.

A 0:33 clip from Episode #012: Why Successful Executives Still Feel Empty (The Scoreboard Problem). Captions are burned into the video.

A president of a Houston energy company. 60 pounds heavier. Comes home spent: remote, fridge, beer, couch.

All I had to change was the trigger: running shoes go on before he grabs the remote.

Now he comes home and runs again.

Watch the full episode from 13:54

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