There Are 2 Foolproof Tricks To Forming A New Habit — And You'll Kick Yourself Over How Simple They Are

Do you want to be more active in 2026? Scroll less? Eat more fiber?

If you’ve made a New Year’s resolution like one of these, you’re not alone. Nearly 50% of Americans do the same each year. However, by the time February rolls around, only 25% of us are still committed to them.

So how do we build life-changing habits — and actually get them to stick around longer than a few weeks?

That’s what we — Raj Punjabi-Johnson and Noah Michelson, the hosts of HuffPost’s “Am I Doing It Wrong?” podcast — asked Wendy Wood, a behavioral scientist, researcher, and author of “Good Habits, Bad Habits: The Science of Making Positive Changes Stick,” when she dropped by our studio.

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