Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives (Unabridged) Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives (Unabridged)

Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives (Unabridged‪)‬

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Publisher Description

New York Times Bestseller
Washington Post Bestseller
 
The author of the blockbuster New York Times bestsellers, The Happiness Project and Happier at Home, tackles the critical question: How do we change? 
 
Gretchen Rubin's answer: through habits. Habits are the invisible architecture of everyday life. 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.
 
So if habits are a key to change, then what we really need to know is: How do we change our habits?
 
Better than Before answers that question. It 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 humor, and packed with vivid stories of lives transformed, Better than Before explains the (sometimes counter-intuitive) core principles of habit formation.
 
Along the way, Rubin uses herself as guinea pig, tests her theories on family and friends, and answers readers’ most pressing questions—oddly, questions that other writers and researchers tend to ignore: 

• Why do I find it tough to create a habit for something I love to do?
• Sometimes I can change a habit overnight, and sometimes I can’t change a habit, no matter how hard I try. Why?
• How quickly can I change a habit?
• What can I do to make sure I stick to a new habit?
• How can I help someone else change a habit?
• Why can I keep habits that benefit others, but can’t make habits that are just for me?

Whether readers want to get more sleep, stop checking their devices, maintain a healthy weight, or finish an important project, habits make change possible. Reading just a few chapters of Better Than Before will make readers eager to start work on their own habits—even before they’ve finished the book.

Bonus Feature: Includes a full episode from the author's podcast Happier with Gretchen Rubin in which she discusses how to build happier habits into everyday life.

GENRE
Self-Development
NARRATOR
GR
Gretchen Rubin
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
09:33
hr min
RELEASED
2015
March 17
PUBLISHER
Random House Audio
SIZE
300.5
MB

Customer Reviews

niegel88 ,

Underrated habit book

I can be a bit of a productivity/self help junkie n this is such a gem. I find myself rereading this book every year. What I love about this book is that it actually takes account different personality types and what works. Its not telling you you have to have the “discipline” to fit into one specific mold to establish habits.

Anyone reading this will walk away with at least one useful tidbit.

kimminla ,

Outstanding!

I discovered Gretchen on the Tim Ferriss podcast, and she has become a wonderful source of practical advice ever since. Better than before is full of tips that are well explained, and easy to implement. I appreciated the examples Gretchen gave and her unceasing desire to make her life, and the lives of those around her better. This book has given me new perspective on the things I want to improve, and I have already benefited greatly from making small changes that I hope will have lasting effects. This book was a good purchase!

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