Episode Details
February 21, 2025
35 minutes
- Understanding Micro-Habits – Doug and Jeremy discuss the power of micro-habits and how small, consistent changes can lead to major improvements over time.
- Micro-Habits in the Workplace – How they’ve introduced micro-habits at Fluent Conveyors, helping their teams adapt and grow through incremental changes.
- Encouraging Long-Term Change – Why sticking to small habits consistently is more effective than trying to make drastic lifestyle changes overnight.
- Micro-Habits in Family Life – How Doug and Jeremy introduce micro-habits to their children and how small habits shape family dynamics.
- Breaking Negative Patterns – How micro-habits help replace bad habits in relationships and personal growth.
- Personal Growth Through Small Steps – Doug’s experience of being encouraged by his wife to go to the gym, led to a lasting fitness routine.
Featured Quotes
"Big changes don’t happen overnight. It’s the small, daily habits that add up to real transformation."
Jeremy Axel
"Success isn’t about making one massive shift—it’s about committing to small, consistent improvements that compound over time."
Doug Cox
Episode Transcript And Overview
A big part of self-improvement, is adopting new habits, but making big changes all at once can be difficult. Trying to change your lifestyle all at once will make you less likely to stick with the new changes. However, big changes can also be made by compounding small changes. In today’s episode, Jeremy and Doug discuss micro-habits, which are small, positive changes that build up to help you make big improvements. They discuss how they’ve used micro-habits at work, at home, and in their personal lives.
Doug and Jeremy begin by discussing micro-habits in the workplace, particularly how they get their teams to buy into new habits. They then discuss micro-habits as they have impacted their families, from introducing their children to micro-habits to implementing new micro-habits for their own personal growth.
Timeline Notes
Today, Jeremy and Doug are discussing micro-habits. In the workplace, micro-habits can help us make improvements over time through small changes.
Thanks to small changes that have built up over the last year, Fluent Conveyors has made big improvements. These changes happen one step at a time and require adaptation.
Jeremy also encourages his team to stick by their micro-habits to allow them to compound, and to make improvements where they see a need for change.
In Doug and Jeremy’s families, they teach their kids micro-habits to help them learn to tackle things a little bit at a time.
When you get married, you bring your positive and negative habits with you. You can start to break negative habits by introducing new micro-habits.
Doug and Jeremy’s wives also push them to adopt new habits. For example, Doug’s wife pushed him to start going to the gym with her, and he now works out four days a week.
Notable Guests
Bill Fairman
Fund Manager, Private Lender
Bill Fairman
Fund Manager, Private Lender
A best-selling author, national speaker, and serial entrepreneur with 30+ years of experience in mortgage banking.
Over the years, Bill has worked closely with hundreds of high-net-worth individuals, helping them strategically grow wealth as a Fund Manager for more than 13 years.
He’s also a trusted voice in the industry, serving on the Government Relations Committee of the American Association of Private Lenders.
Nick Kiridzic
Founder and CEO
Nick Kiridzic
Founder and CEO
I'm the founder of StaffHero, where we help growing businesses scale without the chaos connecting them with skilled remote assistants and automation systems that save time and cut costs.Before this, I spent over ten years in healthcare and business development, constantly spotting the same problem: amazing teams burning out under the weight of busywork. That’s what pushed me to build StaffHero.
Now, I focus on helping business owners get their time back and build systems that let them grow with freedom and focus.
Paul Glover
The No B.S. Executive Coach
Paul Glover
The No B.S. Executive Coach
Paul Glover is No B.S. Executive Coach, whose mission is to Challenge the Best to Become Better.
He is also:
• An Ex- White-Collar Felon.
• A “Recovering” Federal Trial Lawyer.
• A Subject Mater Expert on failing and recovery.
• Who is a TEDx speaker, Vintage Speaker, Forbes contributor, and an author whose book, WorkQuake™, is endorsed by Marshall Goldsmith, a Top 10 Business Thinker.
• An Executive Coach With 30 years of experience who advises and coaches executives in organizations with up to $1 billion in annual revenue.
• A Starbucks addict, and
• A Chicago Bears fanatic.
Adi Klevit
Founder | CEO
Adi Klevit
Founder | CEO
Adi Klevit is the Founder of Business Success Consulting Group and the host of the Systems Simplified podcast. With nearly three decades of experience as an industrial engineer and process consultant, she has helped hundreds of growth-focused companies systematize their operations to scale successfully.
Known as “The Process Guru,” Adi specializes in designing and implementing turnkey systems that reduce dependence on the owner, empower teams, and increase profitability. Her clients range from fast-growing trades businesses to multi-location professional service firms, and she is a trusted advisor to CEOs across the U.S.
Joe Dillon
Divorce Mediator & Founder
Joe Dillon
Divorce Mediator & Founder
Joe is a pioneer in divorce mediation who has been helping couples navigate the end of their marriages with dignity and financial wisdom for over 17 years. As co-founder of Equitable Mediation Services, Joe combines his MBA in Finance with specialized training from Harvard, MIT, and Northwestern University to guide couples toward agreements that protect both their emotional wellbeing and financial futures.
Joe pioneered virtual divorce mediation in 2011, nearly a decade before others adopted online practices during the pandemic. His results speak for themselves: Equitable Mediation Services maintains a 98% case resolution rate, significantly higher than the industry average of 70%.
