Description
Better Than Before is a self-help book by Gretchen Rubin that was published in 2015. It explores the art of creating and maintaining good habits that can improve daily life. Well-known for insightful exploration of happiness and human behavior, Rubin provides a practical structure for understanding how habits are formed and maintained.
In Better Than Before, Rubin identifies different strategies of habit change, which can be categorized into four tendencies: Upholders, Questioners, Obligers, and Rebels. This helps readers identify which tendency suits them best and also reveals the best approaches they can adopt when trying to build or change habits. Rubin thus emphasizes the need for self-awareness on recognizing what methods suit best for each.
The book encompasses all kinds of aspects of habit formation, including
Why Habits Matter: How habits guide our lives and impact our happiness.
How to Change – Practical guidance and tools for acquiring and keeping new habits.
Variability: Ways of encouraging readers to find the strategies that fit their personalities and lifestyles.
Tracking Changes: Why habits are necessary to watch and how small victories become results.
Better Than Before was an interesting source of learning for me because the writing style of the author, Rubin, blends personal anecdotes with insights-based research and is therefore a very valuable resource for any person who is interested in controlling their habits and subsequently the quality of their life. The book can be both guide and inspiration for those seeking meaningful change in their daily routine.
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