Good Habits, Bad Habits: How to Make Positive Changes That Stick

Great read factual and fascinating

Like many other reviewers i thought this would be more of a self-help book with guides and strategies on how to develop the habits you want.It isn't!Instead it covers the scientific research into the psychology of habits in a readable way, without too much jargon and complicated theory.Although it's not aimed at being a self-help book, it describes how our habits can develop, how we maintain them (even if we don't want to) and what can cause them to change. In particular it emphasises how willpower alone is not sufficient. This can give you ideas of ways to help you change your habits so they work better for you. You'll also know if any self-help book on habits is talking sense or not.

The standard self-help book fills much of its space with folksy tales of the experiences of others. It’s supposed to make you relate to the facts. My reaction, if I don’t give in from boredom and irritation at the low information density, is always to skip straight to the science and what to do.So I like that this book goes straight to the science. It tells you to organise your world to cue good habits and To remove friction. Nit much about how, but that was OK. However, I got to the end of the chapter on rewards, which told me that rewards should be instant and preferably surprising, and thought very interesting, but what do I do as a result? It reminds me in a later chapter that rewards work best if they are surprising but again has no ideas about how to get that into your life.I do find the science interesting. It was my field. But I think the marketing should be clear that if you want advice on what to do to develop good habits this book largely leaves you to work it out yourself.As usual it assumes that all readers are working age parents with partners. Don’t people on their own, or at least with no children, ever write books?

Would recommend. Like many books written by academics, there is a lot of detail on the experiments / studies. A rewrite with half of the words would boost to five stars for me. Plenty of actionable points.

Já li alguns livros sobre hábitos e costumo testar algumas das teorias descritos neles e percebi que, os desse livro, funcionaram muito bem.

Interesting book and very well researched but would of liked to know more about forming good habits

As a positive psychologist I am greatly looking forward to an empirical view on habits. Im on chapter 3 atm and am yet to read anything that I can practically apply to my life. I'm hoping it gets better but I'm not sure if this book has loads of fluff to make up the word count or whether it he any practical value. Still waiting for the good stuff

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Live in the country and don't/can't get to any decent book stores in the city often. Heard about this book on the radio and searched it on AMAZON. Had it and it was delivered within 3 to 5 days. Great service. Good book.

Wer schnelle und einfache Lösungen für seine Probleme sucht, wird hier nicht fündig, aber wenn man sich darauf einlässt und etwas Zeit investiert, kann man mit den hier gewonnenen Erkenntnissen echte und vor allem langfristige Veränderungen in Gang setzen.

If you’re looking for a book offering quick fixes for dealing with the complex issues surrounding our daily habits and how to change them, don’t read this book. But if you’re interested in reading about thoughtful methods which are based on a ton of well- structured academic based research, providing the reader with a useful path for managing our habits, then you should read this excellent book. While Professor Wendy Wood has written a book that will most likely be used in college class rooms around the world, she has also outlined for the lay person, a wonderful set of practical and useful choices to improve our daily lives. We’re fast approaching the holiday season along with the setting of new year resolutions, so I can’t think of a better gift for everyone on your list than a copy of “Good Habits, Bad Habits.”

Must read if you're looking to change some bad habits.Easy read as far as technical language. Would recommend. Gshd