<ul><li>What we do everyday matters more than what we do once in a while.</li><li>Make it easy to do right and hard to do wrong.</li><li>Focus on actions not outcomes.</li><li> By giving something up, we may gain.</li><li>Things often get harder before they get easier.</li><li> We are not very different from people but those differences are very important.</li><li>Once we’re ready to begin, begin now.</li></ul>

The Habits Manifesto

<ul><li>When we give more to ourselves, we can ask more from ourselves. </li><li>It is easier to change our surroundings than ourselves. </li><li>We can’t make people change but when we change, people may change. </li><li>We should make sure the things we do to feel better don’t make us feel worse.</li><li> We manage what we monitor</li></ul>

The Habits Manifesto from Better Than Before

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of The Happiness Project and “a force for real change” (Brené Brown) examines how changing our habits can change our lives. “If anyone can help us stop procrastinating, start exercising, or get organized, it’s Gretchen Rubin. The happiness guru takes a sledgehammer to old-fashioned notions about change.”—Parade Most of us have a habit we’d like to change, and there’s no shortage of expert advice. But as we all know from tough experience, no magic, one-size-fits-all solution exists. It takes work to make a habit, but once that habit is set, we can harness the energy of habits to build happier, stronger, more productive lives. In Better Than Before, acclaimed writer Gretchen Rubin identifies every approach that actually works. She presents a practical, concrete framework to allow readers to understand their habits—and to change them for good. Infused with Rubin’s compelling voice, rigorous research, and easy humor, and packed with vivid stories of lives transformed, Better Than Before explains the (sometimes counterintuitive) core principles of habit formation and answers the most perplexing questions about habits: • Why do we find it tough to create a habit for something we love to do? • How can we keep our healthy habits when we’re surrounded by temptations? • How can we help someone else change a habit? Rubin reveals the true secret to habit change: first, we must know ourselves. When we shape our habits to suit ourselves, we can find success—even if we’ve failed before. Whether you want to eat more healthfully, stop checking devices, or finish a project, the invaluable ideas in Better Than Before will start you working on your own habits—even before you’ve finished the book.

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of The Happiness Project and “a force for real change” (Brené Brown) examines how changing our habits can change our lives.   “If anyone can help us stop procrastinating, start exercising, or get organized, it’s Gretchen Rubin. The happiness guru takes a sledgehammer to old-fashioned notions about change.”—Parade   Most of us have a habit we’d like to change, and there’s no shortage of expert advice. But as we all know from tough experience, no magic, one-size-fits-all solution exists. It takes work to make a habit, but once that habit is set, we can harness the energy of habits to build happier, stronger, more productive lives.   In Better Than Before, acclaimed writer Gretchen Rubin identifies every approach that actually works. She presents a practical, concrete framework to allow readers to understand their habits—and to change them for good.    Infused with Rubin’s compelling voice, rigorous research, and easy humor, and packed with vivid stories of lives transformed, Better Than Before explains the (sometimes counterintuitive) core principles of habit formation and answers the most perplexing questions about habits:    • Why do we find it tough to create a habit for something we love to do?  • How can we keep our healthy habits when we’re surrounded by temptations?  • How can we help someone else change a habit?    Rubin reveals the true secret to habit change: first, we must know ourselves. When we shape our habits to suit ourselves, we can find success—even if we’ve failed before.    Whether you want to eat more healthfully, stop checking devices, or finish a project, the invaluable ideas in Better Than Before will start you working on your own habits—even before you’ve finished the book.

Gretchen Rubin

Better Than Before

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Taking action, no matter how small is key to making progress.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">If you're not implementing what you are learning, you may as well be reading fiction.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">If the goal is to actually make improvements in your life, it’s essential to make sure that you are taking small steps forward, not just theorizing what might actually work.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">When we repeatedly expose ourselves to “flinches”, we can start to overcome fear and live the life we actually want.</li></ul>

No action, no progress.

<ul><li>Pick at least three concepts from every book and put them into practice immediately.</li><li>Don’t blindly follow the author’s advice.</li><li>Question everything and ask yourself, how can I adapt this to work in my life? </li><li>Go in with an open mind.</li><li>Find three things you can test and find one thing that will stick in the long run.</li></ul>

Reading Self-Help Books

Why just theorizing and planning doesn't yield your expected results

https://slowgrowth.com/newsletter ☝️ Don’t have time to read 100 books? Get my weekly emails for the best self-help content on the Internet. I read 100 self-help books. From The Power of Now to Deep Work, to Daring Greatly and Awaken the Giant Within. You can say that I have a bit of a problem. But I learned so much from these books, and the lessons might change the way you look at self-help. --- Hi there 👋 If you're new to my video's my name is Matt D'Avella. I'm a documentary filmmaker, entrepreneur and YouTuber. I've made a couple documentaries for Netflix. I also teach courses on everything from filmmaking to habit change. If you like to nerd out about self-development as much as I do, you can subscribe for weekly videos. 🔗 LINKS Enroll in my habit's course: https://slowgrowth.com/simplehabits Enroll in my YouTube course: https://slowgrowth.com/masteryoutube Get my weekly newsletters: http://slowgrowth.com/newsletter Follow me on Instagram: http://instagram.com/mattdavella Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/mattdavella 🎬 Credits Directed by Matt D'Avella Produced by Emma Norris & Matt D’Avella Associate Produced by Nicole Tabak

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Reading & Writing

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Better Than Before

I read 100 self-help books. Here’s what I learned…

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