Better Than Before: How to Make and Break Habits - and Build a Happier Life from the no.1 New York Times Bestselling Queen of Self-Help
Mar 2015 · Hachette UK
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***NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER***
The author of The Happiness Project and "a force for real change" (Brené Brown) examines how changing our habits can change our lives.
"A LOT OF US WOULD LIKE A RUBIN IN OUR LIVES" The Times
"FASCINATING, PERSUASIVE" Guardian
Most of us have a habit we'd like to change, and there's no shortage of expert advice. But as we all know from tough experience, no magic, one-size-fits-all solution exists. It takes work to make a habit, but once that habit is set, we can harness the energy of habits to build happier, stronger, more productive lives.
In Better Than Before, acclaimed writer Gretchen Rubin identifies every approach that actually works. She presents a practical, concrete framework to allow readers to understand their habits - and to change them for good.
Infused with Rubin's compelling voice, rigorous research, and easy humour, and packed with vivid stories of lives transformed, Better Than Before explains the (sometimes counterintuitive) core principles of habit formation and answers the most perplexing questions about habits:
* Why do we find it tough to create a habit for something we love to do?
* How can we keep our healthy habits when we're surrounded by temptations?
* How can we help someone else change a habit?
Rubin reveals the true secret to habit change: first, we must know ourselves. When we shape our habits to suit ourselves, we can find success - even if we've failed before.
Whether you want to eat more healthfully, stop checking devices, or finish a project, the invaluable ideas in Better Than Before will start you working on your own habits - even before you've finished the book.
The author of The Happiness Project and "a force for real change" (Brené Brown) examines how changing our habits can change our lives.
"A LOT OF US WOULD LIKE A RUBIN IN OUR LIVES" The Times
"FASCINATING, PERSUASIVE" Guardian
Most of us have a habit we'd like to change, and there's no shortage of expert advice. But as we all know from tough experience, no magic, one-size-fits-all solution exists. It takes work to make a habit, but once that habit is set, we can harness the energy of habits to build happier, stronger, more productive lives.
In Better Than Before, acclaimed writer Gretchen Rubin identifies every approach that actually works. She presents a practical, concrete framework to allow readers to understand their habits - and to change them for good.
Infused with Rubin's compelling voice, rigorous research, and easy humour, and packed with vivid stories of lives transformed, Better Than Before explains the (sometimes counterintuitive) core principles of habit formation and answers the most perplexing questions about habits:
* Why do we find it tough to create a habit for something we love to do?
* How can we keep our healthy habits when we're surrounded by temptations?
* How can we help someone else change a habit?
Rubin reveals the true secret to habit change: first, we must know ourselves. When we shape our habits to suit ourselves, we can find success - even if we've failed before.
Whether you want to eat more healthfully, stop checking devices, or finish a project, the invaluable ideas in Better Than Before will start you working on your own habits - even before you've finished the book.
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October 22, 2018
I have struggled finishing this book. I have bought it twice, ebook and paperback to help myself finish it when I don't have the physical book around. I don't know how this book got to be a best seller. Sure the title is catchy but the actual content is not life changing. Most of the book the author talking about herself and her family and refelcting thier experience on the reader. This book content is not scientific or practical, it's just like reading a conversation and life experience. At times I actually disliked it so much but I had force myself through these parts. I have befinted from this book but it's not what I thought it to be. Also, read-aloud feature is disabled in this book which might helped finish it faster. I assume it's disabled because the author want from selling the book in audio format in Audible.
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Ashley Duns
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July 20, 2016
I really tried to finish this, but it got too much. Author describes herself early on as a "street scientist". If you genuinely wanted help for, say, your eyesight, would you go to a street optomitrist? No, you'd want the real thing. If you're genuinely trying to change behaviour/habits, look elsewhere. What you'll find here are the musings of a lay person who likes to talk about themselves.
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Salah Radwan
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December 9, 2015
Good book but the only thing was difficult to read, big words were used
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About the author
Gretchen Rubin is one of today's most influential observers of happiness and human nature. She's the author of many books, including the blockbuster New York Times bestsellers The Happiness Project, The Four Tendencies, Better Than Before, and Life in Five Senses. Her books have sold more than 3.5 million copies worldwide, in more than thirty languages. She hosts the top-ranking, award-winning podcast Happier with Gretchen Rubin, where she explores practical solutions for living a happier life. Raised in Kansas City, she lives in New York City with her family.
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