Stick with it A scientifically proven process for changing your life-- for good

Sean Young

eAudio - 2017

An award-winning psychologist and director of the UCLA Center for Digital Behavior shows everyone how to make real, lasting change in their lives in this exciting work of popular psychology that goes beyond The Power of Habit with science and practical strategies that can alter their problem behaviors-forever. Whether it's absent-minded mistakes at work, a weakness for junk food, a smart phone addiction, or a lack of exercise, everyone has some bad habit or behavior that they'd like to change. But wanting to change and actually doing it-and sticking with it-are two very different things. Dr. Sean Young, an authoritative new voice in the field of behavioral science, knows a great deal about our habits-how we make them and how we ca...n break them. Stick with It is his fascinating look at the science of behavior, filled with crucial knowledge and practical advice to help everyone successfully alter their actions and improve their lives. As Dr. Young explains, you don't change behavior by changing the person, you do it by changing the process. Drawing on his own scientific research and that of other leading experts in the field, he explains why change can be difficult and identifies the crucial forces that combine to make transformation permanent, from the right way to create new habits to how to harness emotional meaning to motivate change. He also helps us understand how the mind often interferes with creating lasting change and how we can outsmart it, including using "neurohacks" to shortcut the brain's counterproductive instincts. In addition he provides a powerful corrective to the decades old science of habits, offering a next generation discussion of how habits can change behavior with the right approach. Packed with pragmatic exercises and stories of real people who have used them successfully, Stick with It shows that it is possible to control spending, stick to a diet, become more social, exercise regularly, stop compulsively checking e-mail, and overcome problem behaviors-forever.

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Published
[United States] : HarperAudio 2017.
Language
English
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hoopla digital
Main Author
Sean Young (author)
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hoopla digital (-)
Other Authors
Roger Wayne, 1984- (narrator)
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Unabridged
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Instantly available on hoopla.
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1 online resource (1 audio file (6hr., 55 min.)) : digital
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
ISBN
9780062697813
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AVAILABLE FOR USE ONLY BY IOWA CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, HILLS, AND LONE TREE (IA).
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Review by Library Journal Review

Unlike other self-help books that may focus on changing a person, this title focuses on changing behavior. As an expert in behavioral science, Young (director, Univ. of California Los Angeles Ctr. for Digital Behavior) offers a new model, the SCIENCE model, which is scientifically proven to create lasting change. SCIENCE stands for the "forces" Stepladders, Community, Important, Easy, Neurohacks, Captivating, and Engrained. Each chapter is dedicated to one of these forces and begins with a real-life example of someone with a behavior that can be changed using one or more of the seven aspects. Both personal and business applications are presented, and each assertion is backed by psychological studies. While Young asserts that his book is different than similar titles on altering habits, he does so by at times talking down to the reader, belaboring explanations and often generalizing "most people" as having certain behaviors. He compares his book to Charles Duhigg's The Power of Habit and Gretchen Rubin's Better Than Before but does so by berating the other titles to appear superior. VERDICT The author's SCIENCE model may appeal to dedicated self-help readers, but they may take offense to his voice.-Natalie Browning, J. Sargeant Reynolds Community Coll. Lib., Richmond, VA © Copyright 2017. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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