Good habits, bad habits : the science of making positive changes that stick / Wendy Wood.
Wood draws on three decades of original research to explain the fascinating science of how we form habits, and offers the key to unlocking our habitual mind in order to make the changes we seek.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250159076
- ISBN: 1250159075
- Physical Description: viii, 303 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2019]
- Copyright: ©2019
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-286) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- How we really are -- Persistence and change -- The depths beneath -- Introducing your second self -- What about knowledge? -- What about self control? -- The three bases of habit formation -- Context -- Repetition -- Reward -- Consistency is for closers -- Total control -- Special cases, big opportunities, and the world around us -- Jump through windows -- The special resilience of habit -- Contexts of addiction -- Happy with habit -- You are not alone -- Epilogue -- How to stop looking at your phone so often -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Search for related items by subject
- Subject:
- Habit.
Adjustment (Psychology)
Conduct of life. - Genre:
- Self-help publications.
Available copies
- 17 of 19 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library. (Show)
Holds
- 0 current holds with 19 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Marion Library | 152.33 WOO (Text) | 37810435761290 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Bethlehem Branch | 152.3 Wood (Text) | 34269000201252 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Cleveland County Main Library | 152.33 WOO (Text) | 22281500142624 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Forsyth Central | 152.33 W (Text) | 0112522700485 | Adult Nonfiction | Checked out | 08/13/2026 |
| George H. & Laura E. Brown Library | 152.33 Woo (Text) | 30308101229624 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Greene County Public Library | 152.33 W (Text) | 39149007908072 | Adult Nonfiction Display | Available | - |
| Harnett County Main Library | 152.33 Woo (Text) | 33630004599234 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Haywood County Main Library | 152.33 Wood (Text) | 33115007673356 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Henderson Main Branch | 152.3 W (Text) | 33258009847786 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| High Point Library | 152.33 Wood (Text) | 30519010708744 | Adult Nonfiction | Checked out | 08/19/2026 |
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