Power of HABIT: The Art and Science of How To Change Yourself For Success Using Self-Control and Quick Thinking

by Jonathan Briggs

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Everywhere you look, people want to know why they’re unhappy. And they want to know what they can do about it.

Have you ever asked yourself why intelligent people let bad habits keep them from living happier and healthier lives? I ask myself that question all the time.

We live in a world where 30-second commercials offer instant solutions. We shouldn't be surprised when easy solutions don’t There are no magic bullets, no quick fixes on the path to lasting change.

People are overwhelmed with options today. It’s beginning to seem that the more solutions there are, the harder it is to find one that works.

Imagine What Life Will Be Like

When You’re Free…

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-Buy you copy now and start making a change today!-

Genres: Nonfiction, Self Help, Business, Personal Development, Psychology, Productivity

46 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 27, 2013

Reviews

[Sarah High]

Listened to this in the car with my dad on the way to Hilton Head Island earlier this year and forced myself to finish it this morning on the train. The psychological and experimental parts of the book were much more interesting than the other half which focused solely on successful business habits (jeepers). My pops of course loved those sections the most.

Glad we were able to share an audiobook but don’t think I would recommend this one.

[Gurunath Hanamsagar · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good examples throughout the book. Appendix is quite helpful
As a reader, one needs to pick what to take away from the book. The author has managed to not let the book get boring.

[Jason Fisher · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book opens the idea of how habits impact our lives. If you are looking for details on how to interrupt your own bad habits it falls a little short.

[Maetco · Rating 3 out of 5]

Overall 2,5 rounding up due to interesting topics.

The book has a very interesting topic and starts with a very scientific approach which made the book feel very good. Unfortunately the further I progressed the more problems I noticed.

- The topic of the book is habits, but a lot of pages are used for other topics, which is not itself really a problem but creates difficulties with expectations.
- The author seems to consider all human behavior as habits, which is very convenient for him, as it makes his topic seem a lot more important. For example, friendship, addiction, peer pressure and sleepwalking are habits according to the author, without explaining how.
- The scientific approach started to shift towards self-help guide after the first chapter and by the end the genre had pretty much changed completely.

[Eli · Rating 3 out of 5]

I chose to only read the first section about self habits, and skimmed through the later sections on "Habits of society" etc.

Definitely worth the read, the first section anyway.

I've read somewhere we all go on auto pilot 40% of the day. 40%! We need to at least ensure that the 40% is useful to us. This book shows us how to create & alter our habits.

[Cole Streitmatter · Rating 2 out of 5]

My book, The Power of Habit, was about how our habits can be used in place of memory and how people can manipulate them. I strongly believe that almost no one will enjoy this book. The only reason I read it was for an honors English class. I would not recommend this book.

[Vlad · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book, highly recommend

[Sheikh Nazrul · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great book about habit and other things. And I've got some important tips for me.

[Kristen Brown · Rating 3 out of 5]

for work book club. it was alright. I almost finished it

[Ante Brkic · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's ok but not more. I had a feeling that the author made the point in the first chapter already and that there was not much left to tell in the rest of the book.

[Greg Salwitz · Rating 5 out of 5]

One part science journal, one part management book, one part self-help book, 2 parts useful information to make you a better person.

[Chetan Narshi · Rating 1 out of 5]

There’s no real substance for this short read. Best to read Atomic habits by James Clear

[Garnet Ardila · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great for understanding the root of ones habits, and how we can effectively take steps to change them!

[Sima Asgary · Rating 3 out of 5]

كتاب با داستان زندگي مردي سالخورده شروع مي شود، كه دچار نارسايي مغزي شده است و اين اتفاق زندگي اجتماعي و زناشويي او را به طور كلي دست خوش تغيير كرده، در ادامه اين كتاب با مباحثي براي تغيير عادات، عادات بد، ادامه پيدا ميكند . دياگرام هايي از شكل گرفتن عادت و تغيير آن ارائه مي دهد و همچنين مطالعات اخير اين تخقيقات را. روش هايي براي تغيير نگرش ما در زندگي حتي شغل ما ارائه مي دهد.

[Gaurab Bhuyan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Few things you learn with this book can't be ignored!! A good read!

[Serban · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's a must read, no matter your occupation, goals or religion.

[Arup · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a fun book to read. The topic may give the impression that it would be hard to go through book. The various case studies were a treat to read. Each chapter of the book is laid out with case studies and the observations.

[Jeff · Rating 4 out of 5]

The first part of the book has some fascinating information from recent neuroscience research about what exactly habits are, why they’re essential, why all animals have them, and why they’re so hard to change. This part was eye opening. I now understand why I sometimes do things without thinking about them, sometimes things I don’t want to do, like overeating at a buffet or driving to work when I meant to drive somewhere else. And I understand why it’s so exhausting being in a new environment where I don’t have any habits and can’t do anything unconsciously.

The rest of the book was a bit less interesting as it focused more on how you can use this knowledge to improve your life, which seemed reasonably plausible, and also your company or any larger organization, which felt to me like too much of a stretch. That last part has too many anecdotes that overlap with the same kinds of stories other books tell by cherry picking successful changes in business, politics, cities, etc. And then explaining how the techniques of the book were used. I’m skeptical about those sorts of stories, especially after reading Fooled by Randomness.

The part about changing your own habits was helpful, though. Essentially, if I remember correctly, you can’t really eliminate a habit, but you can replace it with a new behaviour that has the same trigger and accomplishes a similar sense of reward.

Overall I found this book better for explaining and understanding than for advising. I would have preferred it to be written that way instead.