The Power Of Habit

Book review for The Power Of Habit by Charles Duhigg. I rated it 4.5 stars. I originally gave this book 5/5 stars when I read it 7 years ago, and classed it as one of my all-time favourite productivity books so I figured it was due for a re-read and a proper review. It’s a fairly entertaining read filled with stories about the ways that habits work for and against people - from a gambling addict who ruined her life, to how Starbucks train their employees. The one problem with The Power of Habit is that while it’s got many different stories about the life-changing power of habits, I don’t think it provides quite enough detail on how you can start or stop habits in your own life. You will walk away from this book feeling good, knowing that you can use the power of habits to change your life if you want to - but whether you actually will is the big question. There is a section in the Appendix that gives an overview of how you might break a bad habit, which Duhigg dubs “the golden rule of…