Good habits, bad habits : the science of making positive changes that stick

Wood, Wendy, 1954- (author.).

Summary: 'Good Habits, Bad Habits' is a landmark book about how we form habits, and what we can do with this knowledge to make positive change.

Record details

ISBN: 9781250159076 (hardcover)
Physical Description: print
viii, 303 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: First Edition.
Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Persistence and change -- The depths beneath -- Introducing your second self -- What about knowledge? -- What about self control? -- Context -- Repetition -- Reward -- Consistency is for closers -- Total control -- Jump through windows -- The special resilience of habit -- Contexts of addiction -- Happy with habit -- You are not alone -- Epilogue -- How to stop looking at your phone so often -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.