Russ Poldrack reveals the science behind why our brains are habit-building machines and how to make the best out of it. — YOU’LL LEARN — 1) How to make good habits stick 2) How to strengthen your brain against bad habits 3) Why habits never really go away–and what you should do instead Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep778 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT RUSS — Russell A. Poldrack is a psychologist and neuroscientist. He is the Albert Ray Lang Professor of Psychology at Stanford University. He is also the Associate Director of Stanford Data Science, a member of the Stanford Neuroscience Institute and director of the Stanford Center for Reproducible Neuroscience and the SDS Center for Open and Reproducible Science. Prior to his appointment at Stanford in 2014, he held faculty positions at Harvard Medical School, UCLA, and the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of The New Mind Readers: What Neuroimaging Can and Cannot Reveal about Our Thou...