Download or read book Hard to Break written by Russell A. Poldrack and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Well-publicized research in psychology tells us that over half of our attempts to change habitual behavior fail within one year. Even without reading the research, most of us will intuitively sense the truth in this, as we have all tried and failed to rid ourselves of one bad habit or another. The human story of habits and the difficulty of change has been told in many books--most of which will make only a quick reference to dopamine or the 'lizard brain' before moving on to practical tips and tricks for behavior change. In contrast, [this book] will tell the brain's story about why behavior is so hard to change"--

Download or read book Atomic Habits written by James Clear and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-10-16 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The #1 New York Times bestseller. Over 20 million copies sold! Translated into 60+ languages! Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving--every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results. If you're having trouble changing your habits, the problem isn't you. The problem is your system. Bad habits repeat themselves again and again not because you don't want to change, but because you have the wrong system for change. You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems. Here, you'll get a proven system that can take you to new heights. Clear is known for his ability to distill complex topics into simple behaviors that can be easily applied to daily life and work. Here, he draws on the most proven ideas from biology, psychology, and neuroscience to create an easy-to-understand guide for making good habits inevitable and bad habits impossible. Along the way, readers will be inspired and entertained with true stories from Olympic gold medalists, award-winning artists, business leaders, life-saving physicians, and star comedians who have used the science of small habits to master their craft and vault to the top of their field. Learn how to: make time for new habits (even when life gets crazy); overcome a lack of motivation and willpower; design your environment to make success easier; get back on track when you fall off course; ...and much more. Atomic Habits will reshape the way you think about progress and success, and give you the tools and strategies you need to transform your habits--whether you are a team looking to win a championship, an organization hoping to redefine an industry, or simply an individual who wishes to quit smoking, lose weight, reduce stress, or achieve any other goal.

Download or read book How to Free Yourself from Bad Habits Forever written by Randall Magwood and published by . This book was released on 2009-06-17 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here's a little of what you'll learn inside of "How To Free Yourself From Bad Habits Forever!": - The six stages in the process of breaking bad habits- How to replace bad habits with a healthy new lifestyle- How millions of people have succeeded in breaking a bad habit- Why you have a better chance of freeing yourself from a bad habit by taking responsibility for your own program- Why successful preparation for change means that you set goals for yourself- Why change is not an event, but a process- Why most successful self-changers fail at least once before they succeed- Why willpower alone isn't enough- Why quitting a habit cold turkey usually doesn't work- Why a commitment to a more active lifestyle is one of the keys to breaking a bad habit- How to Prepare for a Lasting Lifestyle Change- How to Defeat Daily Temptations- And more

Download or read book Banish Bad Habits written by Sarah McCoy and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-10-21 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Free at Last: How To Free Yourself From Bad Habits! The Secret to a Happier and Healthier Life 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 work: 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. Programs that promise easy change fail because they gloss over the necessary stages that people have to go through on the path to lasting change. People who regain more weight than they lost by following the latest fad diet are victims of programs that ignore the need for a lifestyle change. Many people have learned the hard way that lasting change is only possible when you have the right information. New Year's resolutions usually fail. They don't work because people jump into them without the right preparation. As I learned from my own experience, you can't be successful in the action stage if you haven't been successful in the preparation stage. Most people make New Year's resolutions when they wake up with a hangover-or with a few extra pounds weighing them down. They haven't done the necessary preparation to have a fighting chance to be successful. It's no wonder so many people give up before January is over. My research, as well as my experience and common sense, tell me that anyone can change, if you have a compelling reason to change-and the right strategy to guide you. The first step is to get unstuck. Many people spend years telling themselves that they're going to change "one day." They spend years worrying about the problem instead of working on it. Maybe they're waiting for the "perfect" weight-loss program, the "perfect" smoking-cessation program, or the "perfect" time to stop drinking. "I'll change when the time is right." How many times have you heard that one? Many people are never able to make a serious commitment to change, even though their life depends on it. Imagine What Life Will Be Like When You're Free... Even good change threatens our sense of security. When you're used to something, the thought of losing it can cause you to panic and get stuck where you are, no matter how much you have to gain by changing. Your capacity to shift your focus from the past to the present is the key to breaking bad habits. You can't make a decision to change as long as you're still focused on the past. Here is what you will learn inside this guide.... The six stages in the process of breaking bad habits How to replace bad habits with a healthy new lifestyle How millions of people have succeeded in breaking a bad habit Why you have a better chance of freeing yourself from a bad habit by taking responsibility for your own program Why successful preparation for change means that you set goals for yourself Why change is not an event, but a process Why most successful self-changers fail at least once before they succeed Why willpower alone isn't enough Why quitting a habit cold turkey usually doesn't work Why a commitment to a more active lifestyle is one of the keys to breaking a bad habit And a lot more!

Download or read book The Craving Mind written by Judson Brewer and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2017-03-07 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A leading neuroscientist and pioneer in the study of mindfulness explains why addictions are so tenacious and how we can learn to conquer them We are all vulnerable to addiction. Whether it’s a compulsion to constantly check social media, binge eating, smoking, excessive drinking, or any other behaviors, we may find ourselves uncontrollably repeating. Why are bad habits so hard to overcome? Is there a key to conquering the cravings we know are unhealthy for us? This book provides groundbreaking answers to the most important questions about addiction. Dr. Judson Brewer, a psychiatrist and neuroscientist who has studied the science of addictions for twenty years, reveals how we can tap into the very processes that encourage addictive behaviors in order to step out of them. He describes the mechanisms of habit and addiction formation, then explains how the practice of mindfulness can interrupt these habits. Weaving together patient stories, his own experience with mindfulness practice, and current scientific findings from his own lab and others, Dr. Brewer offers a path for moving beyond our cravings, reducing stress, and ultimately living a fuller life.

Download or read book Bad Habits No More written by S. J. Scott and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-12-04 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LEARN:: How to Break Bad Habits and Build Powerful, Positive RoutinesDo you: Often snack on junk food, watch too much T.V., spend too much money or binge eat? Wish you could stop smoking or drinking excessively? Have a small (but annoying) habit you'd like to break? We all have a specific bad habit we'd like to break. Odds are, you've tried in the past and maybe you were successful for a few days. Then something unexpected came up where you slipped for a day or two. One mistake snowballs into a series of setbacks. Eventually you give up on the idea of making a habit change simply because it's too difficult to do. The interesting thing? We've all experienced this pattern at some point in our lives. Fortunately there's a quick fix: Make a plan for breaking that habit and follow it on a daily basis. RIGHT NOW:: Pick a Bad Habit, Make a Plan and Start Today!It doesn't matter if you've failed with your habit efforts in the past. It doesn't mean you're lazy or weak-willed. It means you didn't have the right tools for making a lasting habit change. What you need is a strategy for identifying your worst habits and learning how to overcome them. That solution is a book called: "Bad Habits No More: 25 Steps to Break ANY Bad Habit." Bad Habits No More: 25 Steps to Break ANY Bad HabitWith this book you will learn: Why "Willpower" is a Dangerous Word for Changing Routines The *One Thing* People Get Wrong with Building Habits (Step #2) A 3-Step Process for Identifying the "Why" Behind Your Bad Habit (Step #9) Why Cold-Turkey Solutions Rarely Work (Step #6) How Certain Locations can Short-Curcuit Your Efforts (Step #19) The "What-The-Hell Effect" and How it Causes Binge Behaviors (Step #21) How a 30-Day Challenge is the First Step to Permanent Habit Change (Step #3) The Best Tools & Apps to Track Your New Habits (Steps #15 & #17) You don't have to be controlled by bad habits. You can break them by following a step-by-step blueprint. Would You Like To Know More?Download now and take that first step to breaking that specific habit. Scroll to the top of the page and select the Buy Now button.

Download or read book Badass Habits written by Jen Sincero and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-12-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling author Jen Sincero gets to the core of transformation: habits--breaking, making, understanding, and sticking with them like you've never stuck before. Badass Habits is a eureka-sparking, easy-to-digest look at how our habits make us who we are, from the measly moments that happen in private to the resolutions we loudly broadcast (and, erm, often don't keep) on social media. Habit busting and building goes way beyond becoming a dedicated flosser or never showing up late again--our habits reveal our unmet desires, the gaps in our boundaries, our level of self-awareness, and our unconscious beliefs and fears. Badass Habits features Jen's trademark hilarious voice and offers a much-needed fresh take on the conventional wisdom and science that shape the optimism (or pessimism?) around the age-old topic of habits. The book includes enlightening interviews with people who've successfully strengthened their discipline backbones, new perspective on how to train our brains to become our best selves, and offers a simple, 21 day, step-by-step guide for ditching habits that don't serve us and developing the habits we deem most important. Habits shouldn't be impossible to reset--and with healthy boundaries, knowledge of--and permission to go after--our desires, and an easy to implement plan of action, we can make any new goal a joyful habit.

Download or read book Breaking Bad Habits written by Freek Vermeulen and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 2018-10-09 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Could some "best practices" be...bad? Have you ever wondered why most newspapers are so large? Or why management consultants work such long hours? Or why hotels still insist on having check-in desks? Ask anyone in these industries, and their answer will be the same: "That’s the way we’ve always done it." "Best practices" may be widespread, but that doesn't mean they're effective. In many instances the opposite is true: best practices can be outdated, harmful, and a hindrance to innovation. These bad practices are all too common in organizations, and managers and executives can be blind to their pernicious effects. Since they've worked in the past, or have been adopted with success by other firms, their purpose or effectiveness is rarely questioned. As a consequence, these practices spread and persist. In Breaking Bad Habits, Freek Vermeulen, a strategist with a keen eye for the absurd, offers the tools to identify these practices and rid them from your organization. And, most of all, he presents a compelling case for how eliminating popular but outworn ideas, processes, and strategies can create new opportunities for innovation and growth. Brimming with examples of norm-defying organizations in an eclectic range of industries--including IVF clinics, hotels, newspapers, and a famous London theater--Breaking Bad Habits will make you rethink your long-held beliefs about industry norms while encouraging you to reinvigorate your business by breaking out of the status quo.

Download or read book What to Do When Bad Habits Take Hold written by Dawn Huebner and published by American Psychological Association. This book was released on 2021-11-23 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What to Do When Bad Habits Take Hold provides the keys to escape from a variety of pesky habits. Engaging examples, lively illustrations, and step-by-step instructions teach essential habit-busting strategies, targeting everything from nail biting and thumb sucking to shirt chewing, hair twirling, and more. This interactive self-help book is the complete resource for educating, motivating, and empowering children to set themselves free.

Download or read book How to Free Yourself from Bad Habits written by Dave Donahue and published by . This book was released on 2011-09-15 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This self help book is designed to help people change their thinking and quit habits through simple yet effective processes. Written clearly and easy to understand this book is a must read for addictive personalities.

Download or read book Breaking The Habit of Being Yourself written by Dr. Joe Dispenza and published by Hay House, Inc. This book was released on 2013-02-15 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover how to reprogram your biology and thinking, and break the habit of being yourself so you can truly change your mind and life. Best-selling author, international speaker, chiropractor, and renowned researcher of epigenetics, quantum physics, and neuroscience, Dr. Joe Dispenza shares that you are not doomed by your genes and hardwired to be a certain way for the rest of your life. New science is emerging that empowers all human beings to create the reality they choose. In Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself, Dr. Joe Dispenza combines the fields of quantum physics, neuroscience, brain chemistry, biology, and genetics to show you what is truly possible and how to recondition the body and create better health. Not only will you be given the necessary knowledge to change your energy and any aspect of yourself, but you will be taught the step-by-step tools to apply what you learn in order to make measurable changes in any area of your life. Chapters include: Foreword by Daniel G. Amen, M.D. Introduction: The Greatest Habit You Can Ever Break Is the Habit of Being Yourself PART I: The Science of You The Quantum You Overcoming Your Environment Overcoming Your Body Overcoming Time Survival vs. Creation PART II: Your Brain and Meditation Three Brains: Thinking to Doing to Being The Gap Meditation, Demystifying the Mystical, and Waves of Your Future PART III: Stepping Toward Your New Destiny The Meditative Process: Introduction and Preparation Open the Door to Your Creative State Step 1: Induction Prune Away the Habit of Being Yourself (Week Two) Step 2: Recognizing Step 3: Admitting and Declaring Step 4: Surrendering Dismantle the Memory of the Old You (Week Three) Step 5: Observing and Reminding Step 6: Redirecting Create a New Mind for Your New Future (Week Four) Step 7: Creating and Rehearsing Demonstrating and Being Transparent: Living Your New Reality Dr. Joe demystifies consciousness and ancient understandings to bridge the gap between science and spirituality. Through his powerful healing workshops and lectures, thousands of people in 24 different countries have used these principles to change from the inside out. Once you break the habit of being yourself and truly change your mind, your life will never be the same! “In this book, I want to share some of what I learned along the way and show you, by exploring how mind and matter are interrelated, how you can apply these principles not only to your body, but to any aspect of your life.” — Dr. Joe Dispenza “Anyone who reads this book and applies the steps will benefit from their efforts. Its cutting-edge content is explained in a simple language that is accessible to anyone, and provides a user-friendly guide for sustained change from the inside out.” — Rollin McCraty, Ph.D., Director of Research, HeartMath Research Center

Download or read book Recalled to Health written by Tim Hennessy and published by Basic Health Publications, Inc.. This book was released on 2010 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Tim Hennessy has skillfully drawn on his life experiences to put together this new book he has written. Recalled to Health functions as both a personal memoir of his path to becoming a doctor and a useful medical guide to achieving and keeping good health. Written over a five-year period in between his work as a doctor and his other professional and personal pursuits, Dr. Hennessy says the initial impetus for it came from his bimonthly e-mail health newsletter, H-mail: Medical Education Made Easy. Self-described as conservative with medicine, Hennessy's focus for this book is to promote freedom by inspiring one and all to live healthier lives, in the process becoming less dependent on medications and the flawed healthcare system, and more emboldened to live life to its fullest, unimpeded by the physical constraints of poor health. By providing a medical foundation that will lead to a better understanding of medical topics, the doctor believes that Recalled to Health can empower readers to take charge of their own health. Cholesterol, blood pressure, diet and weight management, exercise, sleeping habits, and the role of nature in health are some of the topics discussed in full here, along with suggestions for optimum actions, behaviors, and treatments. Each of the chapters end with a helpful summary of tips, and the back of the book contains numerous, fully cited references listed by chapters as well as a full index. You can use this first-rate new book to help maintain your present good health, or you can use it to help reclaim your former good health. Either way, it will help you strengthen your mind so you can strengthen your body. And what more can anyone ask of a book on health? Book jacket.

Download or read book Rewire written by Richard O'Connor and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-07-21 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling author of Undoing Depression offers a brain-based guide to permanently ending bad habits Richard O’Connor’s bestselling book Undoing Depression has become a touchstone in the field, helping thousands of therapists and patients overcome depressive patterns. In Rewire, O’Connor expands those ideas, showing how we actually have two brains—a conscious deliberate self and an automatic self that makes most of our decisions—and how we can train the latter to ignore distractions, withstand temptations, and interrupt reflexive, self-sabotaging responses. Rewire gives readers a road–map to overcoming the most common self-destructive habits, including procrastination, excessive worrying, internet addiction, overeating, risk-taking, and self-medication, among others. By learning valuable skills and habits—including mindfulness, self-control, confronting fear, and freeing yourself from mindless guilt—we can open ourselves to vastly more successful, productive, and happy lives.

Download or read book Free Yourself From Bad Habits written by Laszlo Rem and published by The Real Shifter LLC. This book was released on 2024-09-05 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DO YOU HAVE OBSTACLES OR RATHER CHALLENGES TO SUCCESS? Are you on the level of success, you want to be? If not, it's time for you to change that. How? Easier than you would think. However, for this, you first need to discover where your mental blocks are. Many times, people are not aware that there are automatic processes that run in the subconscious. For example, a large part of habits can be classified here. Or principles that we develop and adopt over years. There are behavioral patterns that are not so good with us. In the following guide, you will find restrictive beliefs or programs that could keep you away from your full potential. The programs grow to be more interdependent programs over the years. Like a pattern. Most of our learning processes are played in our childhood, but the learning activity in the brain is still on at the age of the 90. These patterns have a great influence on who we are in the eyes of ours and others. When these patterns are more blocking than helping, they need to be changed in order to move forward.

Download or read book Atomic Habits Summary by James Clear written by James Clear and published by James Clear. This book was released on with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SUMMARY: ATOMIC HABITS: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones. This book is not meant to replace the original book but to serve as a companion to it. ABOUT ORIGINAL BOOK: Atomic Habits can help you improve every day, no matter what your goals are. As one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, James Clear reveals practical strategies that will help you form good habits, break bad ones, and master tiny behaviors that lead to big changes. If you're having trouble changing your habits, the problem isn't you. Instead, the issue is with your system. There is a reason bad habits repeat themselves over and over again, it's not that you are not willing to change, but that you have the wrong system for changing. “You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems” - James Clear I’m a huge fan of this book, and as soon as I read it I knew it was going to make a big difference in my life, so I couldn’t wait to make a video on this book and share my ideas. Here is a link to James Clear’s website, where I found he uploads a tonne of useful posts on motivation, habit formation and human psychology. DISCLAIMER: This is an UNOFFICIAL summary and not the original book. It designed to record all the key points of the original book.

Download or read book Change for Good written by Aba Afful and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-06-13 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How many times have you lapsed back into a bad habit even though you are aware of the guilt, shame and destruction it brings?Would you like to quit living a hypocritical life and truly walk in the freedom God provides?If you answered "Yes" to at least one of these questions, then keep reading...I think there isn't a single person out there who doesn't want to become successful in his or her life's journey. Unfortunately there are several mental, physical and spiritual obstacles that stop you from reaching that goal.Psychologists have discovered that change does not depend on luck or willpower. It is a process that can be successfully managed by anyone who understands how it works.In this book you will: -Gain a better understanding of why you can't seem to quit bad habits-Learn how to overcome temptation and failure-Understand the role of Chirst-Encounter the helping spirit of God-Gain a deeper understanding of the Kingdom-And much more!!Read this book so you can avoid the mistakes that lead to long periods of stagnation in your walk with God. Discover the true reason for your salvation and the next phase God is calling you into.So, what are you waiting for?Scroll up, click on "Buy Now" and discover How to Finally Break Free from Bad Habits, Overcome Stagnation and Be the Best Version of Yourself!!How many times have you lapsed back into a bad habit even though you are aware of the guilt, shame and destruction it brings? Would you like to quit living a hypocritical life and truly walk in the freedom God provides? If you answered "Yes" to at least one of these questions, then keep reading... I think there isn't a single person out there who doesn't want to become successful in his or her life's journey. Unfortunately there are several mental, physical and spiritual obstacles that stop you from reaching that goal. Psychologists have discovered that change does not depend on luck or willpower. It is a process that can be successfully managed by anyone who understands how it works. In this book you will: Gain a better understanding of why you can't seem to quit bad habits Learn how to overcome temptation and failure Understand the role of Chirst Encounter the helping spirit of God Gain a deeper understanding of the Kingdom And much more!! Read this book so you can avoid the mistakes that lead to long periods of stagnation in your walk with God. Discover the true reason for your salvation and the next phase God is calling you into. So, what are you waiting for? Scroll up, click on "Buy Now" and discover How to Finally Break Free from Bad Habits, Overcome Stagnation and Be the Best Version of Yourself!!

Download or read book The Little Book of Contentment written by Leo Babauta and published by Lumen Deo. This book was released on 2014-07-31 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contentment is a super power. If you can learn the skills of contentment, your life will be better in so many ways: You’ll enjoy your life more. Your relationship will be stronger. You’ll be better at meeting people. You’ll be healthier, and good at forming healthy habits. You’ll like and trust yourself more. You’ll be jealous less. You’ll be less angry and more at peace. You’ll be happier with your body. You’ll be happier no matter what you’re doing or who you’re with. Those are a lot of benefits, from one small bundle of skills. Putting some time in learning the skills of contentment is worth the effect and will pay off for the rest of your life.