Stick With It - Softcover

Sean Young

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0241323789 ISBN 13: 9780241323786

Publisher: Penguin Life, 2018

Synopsis

Stick with It
UCLA

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From the Back Cover:

Whether it’s absentminded mistakes at work, a weakness for junk food, a smartphone addiction, or a lack of exercise, everyone has a bad habit or behavior that they’d like to change. But wanting to change and actually doing it—sticking with it to make that change permanent—are two very different things. 

Dr. Sean Young, an authoritative new voice in the field of behavioral science and the director of the UCLA Center for Digital Behavior and the UC Institute for Prediction Technology, knows a great deal about our behavior and how we can change it—for the better. Stick with It is his fascinating look at the science of lasting behavior, filled with crucial knowledge and practical advice to help everyone successfully alter their actions and improve their lives. As Dr. Young explains, much of what we’ve been taught about behavior change is wrong; contrary to popular belief, you don’t change behavior by changing the person or their personality—you do it by changing the process. Drawing on his own scientific research with patients and research participants, along with research from other leading experts in the field, he identifies the seven crucial forces that combine to make lasting personal transformation, including

· Stepladders: how the power of incremental steps creates long-term change.

· Community: how social support and competition fuel change and keep us accountable. 

· Neurohacks: how a set of mental shortcuts can reset the brain so that people can finally change old unwanted behaviors. 

· Engraining Good Habits: how success in life and work depends on developing the right behavioral routines. 

Packed with pragmatic approaches and stories of real people who have used them successfully, Stick with It shows that it is possible to control spending, stick to a healthy diet, become more social, exercise regularly, stop compulsively checking email, and overcome problem behaviors—forever.

About the Author:

Sean Young is a professor at UCLA medical school and the founder and executive director of the UCLA Center for Digital Behavior (CDB), which has been featured in the New York Times and Huffington Post, and on NPR, Yahoo Finance, TechCrunch, Mashable, CBS News, and other major media outlets. He has a PhD in psychology and master's in health services research from Stanford University. He lives in Los Angeles.

Audiobook Narrator Bio: Roger Wayne joined the Air Force as a radio and television broadcast journalist in 2004. After basic training he went to Fort Meade to train for military broadcasting. He was stationed in South Korea and won several awards for his work, including Best Radio Commercial military-wide in 2006 and Best Feature Story for the Air Force. He is now an actor living in New York, narrating audiobooks, working on independent film projects, performing off Broadway, and auditioning for major network shows.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Life
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0241323789
• ISBN 13: 9780241323786
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 300