Based on three decades of research, the author explains how we develop habits and how we can harness that knowledge to implement desired changes in ourselves.
We spend nearly half of our day doing habitual activities. We do things automatically without consciously deciding that – and how – we are doing them.
However, when we want to change something about ourselves, we believe we can achieve our goals through willpower alone. That is precisely why we fail.
Instead, we should use the extraordinary power of our subconscious mind – habits – to achieve our goals.
The author – a psychology professor and a leading scientist in the field – uses numerous research studies to explain what conditions must be met for an activity to become a habit.
Despite the scientific background, the book is entertainingly written and easy to understand.
If you have read “Atomic Habits” by James Clear and want to go deeper into the psychology and neurology of habit formation, this book is a good sequel.
If you've read “Good Habits, Bad Habits”, and you're wondering how best to put what you've learned into practice, then you should follow up by reading “Atomic Habits”.
🎧 Suitable as an audio book? Yes, absolutely, and it is read by the author herself.
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