“Successful people are simply those with successful habits.”
Whether it be improving your productivity, improving your well-being or simply making positive changes to your quality of life, understanding the habits that lie behind your thoughts and behaviours is vital knowledge to possess. From checking our phones to when we eat our dinners, habits are powerful things – shaping our routines and determining our thoughts and feelings, often without us even registering.
Fortunately, a multitude of books are available that focus on studying these habits and guide us in using them to our benefit. Join us at What We Reading for the best books on habits!
The Power Of Habit: Why We Do What We Do In Life And Business – Charles Duhigg
Nominated for Best NonFiction in the Goodreads Choice Awards, New York Times reporter Charles Duhigg takes readers on an enlightening journey of scientific discovery in an effort to explain how habits have transformed and the reasons behind the things we do.
Duhigg’s piercing analysis and engaging storytelling lead readers through examples of inspiring individuals, successful corporations, and neuroscientists’ laboratories. This effort aims to help readers grasp the obstacles and methodologies related to habits, as well as how these habits can be utilized as tools to empower ourselves.
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way To Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones – James Clear
In Atomic Habits, author James Clear explains to readers how, when it comes to breaking bad habits and achieving goals, setbacks don’t come from them but rather from their system. The book offers practical guides on how habits are formed, making it an invaluable resource that educates readers about how small actions can result in extraordinary outcomes. Clear’s work is one of the best books on habits for those looking to:
- Overcome a lack of willpower or motivation;
- Understand an ideal environment for success and how to design one;
- How to make time for new habits (even when life is hectic);
- Get back on track if things go wrong.
Atomic Habits is one of the best guides for reshaping your understanding of success and progress, as well as honing your strategy for your next big life goal.
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Good Habits, Bad Habits: The Science Of Making Positive Changes That Stick – Wendy Wood
It is so hard to make profound changes in your life relying on sheer willpower alone. In her acclaimed book on habits, Good Habits, Bad Habits, Professor Wendy Wood teaches readers how to form habits and how we can use them to our advantage.
In it, Wood explains how we spend almost half our days not aware of the things we do, showcasing the power of instinctual habit-making in our lives. With over three decades of research behind her, Wood is the ideal teacher for unlocking the potential of a habitual mind for making the changes we all want in our lives.
Making Habits, Breaking Habits: Why We Do Things, Why We Don’t, And How To Make Any Change Stick – Jeremy Dean
From going to the gym to learning to speak a new language, how long should it take before doing something becomes natural rather than forced?
In Making Habits, Breaking Habits, psychologist Jeremy Dean examines the phenomenon of how the majority of human behaviour occurs without any conscious thought. Witty and sharp, the book is an interesting examination of how seemingly easy habits can be much harder to form.
The Fun Habit: How The Pursuit Of Joy And Wonder Can Change Your Life – Mike Rucker
In The Fun Habit, Mike Rucker uses the latest scientific evidence to present the impact of fun, and how we can make it a part of our everyday lives. Exploring how fun is seemingly more and more absent from our modern lives, Rucker addresses how everything from a better work-life balance to overcoming difficult issues can be resolved with the physical and psychological benefits of having fun.
Rucker’s book is filled with practical guides and insightful commentaries that help us find joy in everyday occurrences and incorporate them into our hectic schedules.
Badass Habits: Cultivate The Awareness, Boundaries, And Daily Upgrades You Need to Make Them Stick – Jen Sincero
In Bad Habits, bestselling author Jen Sincero explains the profound impact habits have on our lives and how cultivating positive habits can lead us to have the life we want. Sincero offers a fresh perspective on the intertwining relationship between our habits, relationships, desires, boundaries and self-awareness that drive our decision-making.
What makes this book on habits so unique is the author’s humorous tone. Sincero finds a way of balancing striking scientific discovery, insightful interviews with a practical 21-day guide to transforming our lives, and ditching the habits that don’t serve us for the ones that do.
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High Performance Habits: How Extraordinary People Become That Way – Brendon Burchard
High Performance Habits was born out of Brendon Burchard’s two-decade-long ponderings on three essential questions: why do some individuals and groups succeed more quickly and sustainably than others, why are some people so happy whilst others are so miserable, and what motivates individuals to improve the most, reaching greater levels of success than their peers?
These three questions lead Burchard to a conclusion of six unique habits that readers can take with them for a higher performance life. Blending the practical with the inspiring and thought-provoking for a science-first, heart-centred read.
Part-time reader, part-time rambler, and full-time Horror enthusiast, James has been writing for What We Reading since 2022. His earliest reading memories involved Historical Fiction, Fantasy and Horror tales, which he has continued to take with him to this day. James’ favourite books include The Last (Hanna Jameson), The Troop (Nick Cutter) and Chasing The Boogeyman (Richard Chizmar).
