Dying To Ask

Willpower is great until it isn't. You need to plan to make habit changes and goals stick. And Michael J. Lopez is the man with the plan. He's a transformational expert who helps companies and individuals develop strategies to follow through on goals. Lopez has worked with everyone from DoorDash to Chlorox to Meta. The former football player-turned-coach says everyone needs a set of systems to pull off productivity and self-growth. "The first thing I tell people is the same brain that got you into the habits that maybe you want to break isn't the same brain that's going to get you out of it," Lopez said. Lopez's new book is called "Change: Six Science-Backed Strategies to Transform Your Brain, Body and Behavior." Michael offers practical and actionable ideas to make transformation stick. Understanding why your brain doesn't want to do the hard work is critical. It can be as simple as re-framing how you look at an effort vs an outcome. "We know that the brain is at its best when it's striving," Lopez said. "An