Making Habits, Breaking Habits
Why We Do Things, Why We Don't, and How to Make Any Change Stick
by Jeremy Dean
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Say you want to start going to the gym or practicing a musical instrument. How long should it take before you stop having to force it and start doing it automaticallyThe surprising answers are found in Making Habits, Breaking Habits, a psychologist's popular examination of one of the most powerful and underappreciated processes in the mind. Altho...
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