Making Habits, Breaking Habits Why We Do Things, Why We Don't, and How to Make Any Change Stick

182 Pages·2013·1.23 MB·English

by  Dean Jeremy

Making Habits,
Breaking Habits
Making Habits,
Breaking Habits
Why We Do Things,
Why We Don’t, and
How to Make Any Change Stick
JEREMY DEAN
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Copyright © 2013 by Jeremy Dean
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10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
To Howard and Patricia
“For in truth habit is a violent and treacherous schoolmistress.
She establishes in us, little by little, stealthily, the foothold of her
authority; but having by this mild and humble beginning settled
and planted it with the help of time, she soon uncovers to us a
furious and tyrannical face against which we no longer have the
liberty of even raising our eyes.”
—MONTAIGNE
CONTENTS
PART ONE
ANATOMY OF A HABIT
1 Birth of a Habit
2 Habit Versus Intention: An Unfair Fight
3 Your Secret Autopilot
4 Don’t Think, Just Do It!
PART TWO
EVERYDAY HABITS
5 The Daily Grind
6 Stuck in a Depressing Loop
7 When Bad Habits Kill
8 Online All the Time
PART THREE
HABIT CHANGE
9 Making Habits
10 Breaking Habits
11 Healthy Habits
12 Creative Habits
13 Happy Habits

Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
PART 1
ANATOMY OF A HABIT