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Good habits, bad habits : the science of making positive changes that stick / Wendy Wood.

Author/creator Wood, Wendy, 1954 June 17- author.
Format Book and Print
EditionFirst edition.
Publication Info New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2019]
Copyright Notice ©2019
Descriptionviii, 303 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
Contents How we really are -- Persistence and change -- The depths beneath -- Introducing your second self -- What about knowledge? -- What about self control? -- The three bases of habit formation -- Context -- Repetition -- Reward -- Consistency is for closers -- Total control -- Special cases, big opportunities, and the world around us -- 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.
Abstract Wood draws on three decades of original research to explain the fascinating science of how we form habits, and offers the key to unlocking our habitual mind in order to make the changes we seek.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 263-286) and index.
Genre/formSelf-help publications.
Genre/formSelf-help publications.
Genre/formLivres de croissance personnelle.
LCCN 2018060812
ISBN9781250159076 (hardcover)
ISBN1250159075
Standard identifier# 40029483748

Available Items

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks BF335 .W596 2019 ✔ Available Place Hold