Customer Reviews:
 New ways to realize good intentions March 1, 2008
D. See
This book goes beyond the traditional, logical approach to habit change, approaches we all know would work but somehow we're not able to follow them. Yet the authors (and I don't know them, I'm not affiliated with them in any way) explain the problem of having trouble following through very logically (from the way our brain is designed to work; the "it must be ME" self-blame; and fairy tale ending). They come up with some great tools I'm using to follow through with some success (it's not fairy tale perfect, but far better than I was doing) through situational cues, "spotlighting", willpower leveraging, and concrete, workable ideas I've not found elsewhere. (Such as perhaps the weirdest -and they are NOT all "off the wall" - of choosing to eat three doughnuts if I'm going to eat one. It makes me stop and think of the consequences in terms of nutrition and calories far more than I would having ONE doughnut here and there, and I eat far less overall having to consciously choose three.)
The ideas in this book will help make good intentions realized. They are just tools, that still need to be used, but they go far beyond the traditional willpower and discipline and "make a plan". I've read a lot of those books, and you need the basics, but this book goes beyond them to getting it done.
This Book is Life Changing January 25, 2008
JazzBluesMusic (Enfield, CT USA)
If I could give this book 10 stars I would. One of the three most powerful books I've ever read. If you're like me, you'll see yourself on every page. I finally understand why I haven't followed through on all my life changing plans and, more importantly, I learned the techniques to ensure that from now on I do.
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