Good Habits

by Harvard Business Review, Rachel Perry (Reader), Steve Menasche (Reader)

Improve the way you work--and feel--by forming better habits. We all have habits. Some of them we've carefully established; others we may have simply fallen into. Some help us get our work done; others hold us back. This book explores how to change your behavior to break counterproductive tendencies, combat everyday stressors, and ultimately reach your goals at work and in life. This volume includes the work of James Clear, Rasmus Hougaard, Jacqueline Carter, and Whitney Johnson. How to be human at work. The HBR Emotional Intelligence series features smart, essential reading on the human side of professional life from the pages of Harvard Business Review . Each book in the series offers proven research showing how our emotions impact our work lives, practical advice for managing difficult people and situations, and inspiring essays on what it means to tend to our emotional well-being at work. Uplifting and practical, these books describe the social skills that are critical for ambitious professionals to master.

Genres: Nonfiction, Self Help

Audio CD

Published April 25, 2023

Reviews

[Jireh Marie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Clear, concise, and practical. Personally, the first half of the book was helpful in shifting my mindset and bringing to light some statements that may seem obvious - but not. In the end, it was helpful not because of the tips, but mostly on how it can convince me to change my mindset towards progress & goal setting.

I did not expect to highly rate this. I have previously read Focus in the same series and it made me assume it would be the same for Good Habits. (Although, to be honest, the difference in rating might just depend on what I know / what I need at the moment I read these books.)

[Kelsey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Celebrating small wins stimulates dopamine release in the brain, feel good chemical that reinforces the learning experience and strengthens our sense of connection to those we work with. Change and growth are promoted through positive emotions more than through disciplined practice.

Celebration is an event not a destination. It’s the little pause where we survey the road we’ve traveled and the mountain we’ve climbed.

[Irkafirkasemmi]

Useful, little book. Takes about 100 mins to finish