Smart Change: Five Tools to Create New and Sustainable Habits in Yourself and Others

I bought the audio book first, then the hard copy. This book is the right balance between "how" the brain works and "how to" make the changes. There is a similar best selling book about The Power of Habits which to me spent too much time on the "how" and not enough on the "how to." Marksman makes no bones about the reality that change is hard, but this is the first book I've read that offers such clear, no-nonsense information necessary to make those hard changes. I'm not completely where I want to be yet, but not only have I made more strides in the last few months than I have before, but some of these changes feel like a part of me already, as opposed to "something I'm trying to do." The investment of time is a bigger issue than the monetary investment when it comes to books like this. This one is well worth the time.

If you really want a break down of habits than this is the perfect book. I read "The power of habit" by Charles Duhigg and didn't like it bc it was only about how habits changed people's lives in a good and bad ways and not actually how to change your habits.However this book tells you exactly how to do that. This book is like a text book written as a self help book. I self help book w/ science to back it up. Not so wannabe guru trying to make money on telling you how to better yourself.

Dr. Markman takes a wide array of research data on self-activated habit change and makes it useful and hands-on. He breaks the book into parts, covering why we have habits (which is fascinating), how habits are formed or change, and then, more importantly, how we can change our own (and even others) habits.I've used some of Dr. Markman's techniques and they have produced success. This is a very good read if you want to see how we form habits and how we might change them. Incidentally, I read it while working out on the Stair Master, thereby forming two new good habits simultaneously.

..now if I can just apply!

This book waas absolutely so helpful to everyone i n our family. My 17 year old son, who is autistic found it helpful in guiding him with certain troubled areas of his life and my husband found quite a few ideas that uses everyday to keep him moving ahead. I highly recommend this book for anyone who nees some good sound help.

This is a book I will share with my counseling group. I wish could had add more about addiction. Keep up the great writing.

Some good, straight forward tips on making changes. I like his explanation of the two systems--the stop and go system--in your brain that establishes your behavior. If you like this book and want something very detailed, I recommend "Fast Thinking, Slow Thinking."

This book is so interesting and gives you things you may never have thought of before when it comes to change! I saw it on a Dr. Phil show not long ago, and I have been hooked ever since! It is an excellent book for anyone that enjoys personal development and really understanding why we do what we do for the most effective course of action! Great book!

l'approccio metodico di questo libro mi ha aiutato a chiarire le idee in un momento difficile della mia vita. ogni tanto vado a rileggerlo perchè ha degli spunti veramente molto utili.

Excellent book! Met and surpassed my expectations!

Very good book