033: Making and Breaking Habits through Design with Victor Yocco

User Experience designer and recovering alcoholic Victor Yocco speaks about habit formation–good and bad.

You’ll Learn:

1. Victor’s personal story and implications for forming effective habits and breaking ineffective ones

2. The power of teaming up with others to achieve your ambitions

3. How to use a design approach to construct and reach your career goals

About Victor

Victor is a Philadelphia-based research director, author, and speaker. He received his PhD from The Ohio State University, where he studied communication and psychology. Victor regularly writes and speaks on the application of psychology to design and addressing the design and tech culture of promoting alcohol use. He has written for A List Apart, Smashing Magazine, UX Booth, User Experience Magazine (UXPA) and many more. He is the author of Design for the Mind, a book from Manning Publications on the application of principles of psychology to design.

Items mentioned in the show:

• Victor’s book, Design for the Mind – enter the discount code yoccopcycp for 39% off. Thanks Victor!
• Online publication A List Apart
• Smashing magazine
• Online publication UX Booth
• User Experience magazine
• Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky’s study on Prospect Theory
• Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
• The Slack messaging app
• Victor’s Twitter feed
• Victor’s LinkedIn page
• Victor’s email

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