Reviewed Date: March 15th, 2025
We want to change our habits, our behavior, and ourselves. We meticulously plan and schedule. We would be successful initially. Sooner or later, if something happens, we fall out of routine, and all our plans go nowhere.
Change is hard. We need to exert a lot of energy to move what has been sitting for a long time. Once we get the momentum, things will be easy, and they will move by themselves. But to reach that, a plan or zeal is not enough. Something more is required.
Most importantly, believing that we can change. Without belief, no amount of hard work will result in anything. When we fall short, we have to pick ourselves up and continue to put in our efforts. That’s when we can see the results we wish to see.
In the book, the author describes how fresh starts (picking a new date) initiate change. To make habits stick, she suggests implementing intention, temptation stacking, gamification, commitment devices, and timely reminders. Do these remind you of something?
These are the exact things mentioned in the book Atomic Books, which is far better than How to Change. This book falls flat after 100 pages. There is nothing new. The author goes about study after study. For the most part, it was uninteresting. I would say to read Atomic Habits rather than this.
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