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How to Change by Katy Milkman

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How to Change

Narrator
Katy Milkman
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Publish Date
6 May 2021
Run Time
6 hours 14 minutes
Format
Audiobook

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How to Change is a powerful, groundbreaking blueprint to help you - and anyone you manage, teach or coach - to achieve personal and professional goals, from the master of human nature and behaviour change and Choiceology podcast host Professor Katy Milkman.

Award-winning Wharton Professor Katy Milkman has devoted her career to the study of behaviour change. An engineer by training, she approaches all challenges as problems to be solved and, with this mind-set, has drilled into the roadblocks that prevent us from achieving our goals and breaking unwanted behaviours. The key to lasting change, she argues, is not to set ever more audacious goals or to foster good habits but to get your strategy right.

In How to Change Milkman identifies seven human impulses, or 'problems', that commonly sabotage our attempts to make positive personal and professional change. Then, crucially, instead of getting you to do battle with these impulses she shows you how to harness them and use these as driving forces to help instil new, positive behaviours - better, faster and more efficiently than you could imagine.

Drawing her own original research, countless engaging case studies and practical tools throughout to help you put her ideas into action, Milkman reveals a proven, inspiring path that can take you - once and for all - from where you are today to where you want to be.

'Game-changing. Katy Milkman shows in this book that we can all be a super human' Angela Duckworth, bestselling author of Grit

© Katy Milkman 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021

Critics Review

  • Game-changing. Katy Milkman shows in this book that we can all be a super human

    Angela Duckworth, bestselling author of Grit

  • One of America's finest behavioural scientists has produced the ultimate guide to overcoming your worst instincts and becoming your best self. How to Change is like having the smartest friend in the world whispering in your ear, coaching you to vanquish laziness, procrastination, and impulsivity. This book is so helpful that after you read it, you'll want to send Katy Milkman a thank you note.

    Daniel H. Pink, author of WHEN, DRIVE, and TO SELL IS HUMAN

  • In investing, as in so many other areas of life, developing the right habits is the key to success. Katy Milkman is a great guide into techniques to get you on and keep you on track, no matter your goals.

    Charles R. Schwab

  • How to Change is a wonder. Plenty of books offer advice on how to overcome common personal barriers but none as clearly, engagingly, and compellingly as this.

    Bob Cialdini, author of INFLUENCE and PRE-SUASION

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  • How to Change is a must-read for anyone looking to improve their habits - or their life. Milkman is at the forefront of the scientific revolution into behaviour change and, as important, she's a captivating storyteller. How to Change perfectly combines groundbreaking scientific research with personal stories of triumph and failure to explain how anyone can change. Transformation has always been mysterious. This book tells you how to make it real.

    Charles Duhigg, bestselling author of THE POWER OF HABIT and SMARTER FASTER BETTER

  • If your goal is to get better, or to make your teams or business better, READ THIS BOOK. How to Change is the first book to lay out the science of what creates and sustains change of all kinds. In captivating style, Dr. Katy Milkman lays out the scientifically-based techniques she has used to help people, teams and companies change for good.

    Laszlo Bock, CEO of Humu, former Google SVP of People, and author of WORK RULES!

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Details

Author
Katy Milkman
Narrator
Katy Milkman
Duration
6 hours 14 minutes
Release Date
6 May 2021
ISBN
9781473596252
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Genre
Assertiveness, motivation, self-esteem and positive mental attitude, Popular science, Advice on careers and achieving success

Synopsis

Brought to you by Penguin. How to Change is a powerful, groundbreaking blueprint to help you - and anyone you manage, teach or coach - to achieve personal and professional goals, from the master of human nature and behaviour change and Choiceology podcast host Professor Katy Milkman.Award-winning Wharton Professor Katy Milkman has devoted her career to the study of behaviour change. An engineer by training, she approaches all challenges as problems to be solved and, with this mind-set, has drilled into the roadblocks that prevent us from achieving our goals and breaking unwanted behaviours. The key to lasting change, she argues, is not to set ever more audacious goals or to foster good habits but to get your strategy right.In How to Change Milkman identifies seven human impulses, or 'problems', that commonly sabotage our attempts to make positive personal and professional change. Then, crucially, instead of getting you to do battle with these impulses she shows you how to harness them and use these as driving forces to help instil new, positive behaviours - better, faster and more efficiently than you could imagine.Drawing her own original research, countless engaging case studies and practical tools throughout to help you put her ideas into action, Milkman reveals a proven, inspiring path that can take you - once and for all - from where you are today to where you want to be.'Game-changing. Katy Milkman shows in this book that we can all be a super human' Angela Duckworth, bestselling author of Grit© Katy Milkman 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021

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