Paperback - Good Habits, Bad Habits: The Science of Making Positive Changes That Stick
- ISBN-10
- ISBN-13
- 9798695604504
- Pages
- 220
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020-10-09
- Author
- Michelle HUFF
Description
A landmark book about how we form habits, and what we can do with this knowledge to make positive changeGood Habits, Bad Habits offers an excellent synthesis of the science of habit, straight from the leader in the field. Habits are a central part of our daily lives, yet we tend to overestimate the role of conscious goals/intentions ("willpower") in guiding our behavior, while underestimating the power of our habits, or our "second self". Good Habits, Bad Habits presents a wide range of interesting research studies and real-world examples to illustrate the core tenets of the science of habit--context, repetition, reward--and its implications for supporting habit change--redesigning your context, reducing/creating friction, making habits rewarding.Good Habits, Bad Habits offers an excellent synthesis of the science of habit, straight from the leader in the field. Habits are a central part of our daily lives, yet we tend to overestimate the role of conscious goals/intentions ("willpower") in guiding our behavior, while underestimating the power of our habits, or our "second self". Good Habits, Bad Habits presents a wide range of interesting research studies and real-world examples to illustrate the core tenets of the science of habit--context, repetition, reward--and its implications for supporting habit change--redesigning your context, reducing/creating friction, making habits rewarding.
