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How to Be Good at Life
- Author
- Ben Meer
- Narrator
- Ben Meer
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Publish Date
- 8 October 2026
- Run Time
- 7 hours 46 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
Read by the author, Ben Meer.
'A practical guide to designing the life you actually want' – Nir Eyal, bestselling author of Indistractable
From the creator of the massively popular System Sunday community with over two million followers comes a proven method for building systems that make modern life easier.
You’re making thousands of decisions a day. You’re fighting algorithms designed to steal your attention. You’re managing passwords, subscriptions, and deadlines – complexity your brain was never built to handle. And somewhere in there, you’re supposed to exercise, eat well, and maintain friendships.
No wonder life feels harder than it should.
The happiest and most successful people don’t have more willpower than you. They’ve learned a skill most of us were never taught: building systems. This book is the missing manual.
Ben Meer – dubbed 'The Systems Guy' by Forbes – spent years studying what separates people who consistently thrive from those who merely survive. Drawing on insights from behavioural science and systems thinking, and introducing DRIVE, a five-step method for turning any goal into a system that works, How to Be Good at Life gives you the full toolkit to:
- Go beyond habits to build systems for everyday routines and projects
- Design systems across your personal and professional life
- Access 40+ plug-and-play systems you can implement immediately – including System Sunday
- See the hidden methods behind the success of Seinfeld, Serena Williams, Hans Zimmer, Beyoncé, Andy Warhol, and more
- Discover that the payoff isn’t just productivity, but a sense of calm and lightness
Maybe you’ve dreamed of starting a side hustle, getting in shape, or finally taking control of your money. This book shows you how to make progress inevitable.
The gap between who you are and who you want to become? It’s just a few systems you haven’t built yet.
Critics Review
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We like to think success comes from discipline, but more often it comes from the systems we build. This book is a practical guide to designing the life you actually want
Nir Eyal, bestselling author of Indistractable
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Tired of procrastination and living below your potential? The solution is here, in Ben Meer’s readable and practical How to Be Good at Life. Read this book today to find your path to a better, more organized life
Arthur C. Brooks, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of The Meaning of Your Life
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Systems are more powerful and more effective than mere habits. Ben Meer offers practical, tactical and proven techniques on how to invest your time, not just spend it
Seth Godin, bestselling author of This is Marketing
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In a world obsessed with goals, How to Be Good at Life offers a practical and refreshingly clear approach to designing your life with intention. Ben Meer shows how systems can help us learn, adapt and make meaningful progress without mindlessly pushing harder
Anne-Laure Le Cunff, neuroscientist and author of Tiny Experiments
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Practical, powerful and long overdue. How to Be Good at Life is the operating manual they forgot to give you in school. The book that will leave you calmer, clearer and finally in the driver's seat as you navigate through life
Sahil Bloom, New York Times bestselling author of The 5 Types of Wealth
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If life feels harder than it should be, read this
Jenny Wood, New York Times bestselling author of Wild Courage
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A hyper-practical guide on systems and frameworks to help you control the controllables and navigate the chaos of life. I wish I’d had this book when I was younger
Brad Stulberg, author of The Way of Excellence and The Practice of Groundedness
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Most of us have more goals than systems – and that's exactly why we stay stuck. Ben Meer delivers a clear, energetic, practical guide to building the simple structures that make the hard stuff feel easier.
David Epstein, bestselling author of Range
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An important contribution. The human brain isn't designed to handle the complexity of modern life. Systems solve this problem!
Cal Newport, bestselling author of Deep Work
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Details
- Author
- Ben Meer
- Narrator
- Ben Meer
- Duration
- 7 hours 46 minutes
- Release Date
- 8 October 2026
- ISBN
- 9781035070015
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Genre
- Advice on careers and achieving success, Personal finance, Practical advice: Life hacks / handy tips
Synopsis
Read by the author, Ben Meer.'A practical guide to designing the life you actually want' – Nir Eyal, bestselling author of IndistractableFrom the creator of the massively popular System Sunday community with over two million followers comes a proven method for building systems that make modern life easier.You’re making thousands of decisions a day. You’re fighting algorithms designed to steal your attention. You’re managing passwords, subscriptions, and deadlines – complexity your brain was never built to handle. And somewhere in there, you’re supposed to exercise, eat well, and maintain friendships.No wonder life feels harder than it should.The happiest and most successful people don’t have more willpower than you. They’ve learned a skill most of us were never taught: building systems. This book is the missing manual.Ben Meer – dubbed 'The Systems Guy' by Forbes – spent years studying what separates people who consistently thrive from those who merely survive. Drawing on insights from behavioural science and systems thinking, and introducing DRIVE, a five-step method for turning any goal into a system that works, How to Be Good at Life gives you the full toolkit to:Go beyond habits to build systems for everyday routines and projectsDesign systems across your personal and professional lifeAccess 40+ plug-and-play systems you can implement immediately – including System SundaySee the hidden methods behind the success of Seinfeld, Serena Williams, Hans Zimmer, Beyoncé, Andy Warhol, and moreDiscover that the payoff isn’t just productivity, but a sense of calm and lightnessMaybe you’ve dreamed of starting a side hustle, getting in shape, or finally taking control of your money. This book shows you how to make progress inevitable.The gap between who you are and who you want to become? It’s just a few systems you haven’t built yet.
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