Better Than Before Mastering the Habits of Our

TheauthoroftheblockbusterNewYorkTimesbestsellers，TheHappinessProjectandHappieratHome，tacklesthecriticalquestion：Howdowechange?GretchenRubin'sanswer：throughhabits.Habitsaretheinvisiblearchitectureofeverydaylife.Ittakesworktomakeahabit，butoncethathabitisset，wecanharnesstheenergyofhabitstobuildhappier，stronger，moreproductivelives.Soifhabitsareakeytochange，thenwhatwereallyneedtoknowis：Howdowechangeourhabits?BetterthanBeforeanswersthatquestion.Itpresentsapractical，concreteframeworktoallowreaderstounderstandtheirhabits—andtochangethemforgood.InfusedwithRubin’scompellingvoice，rigorousresearch，andeasyhumor，andpackedwithvividstoriesoflivestransformed，BetterthanBeforeexplainsthe(sometimescounter-intuitive)coreprinciplesofhabitformation.Alongtheway，Rubinusesherselfasguineapig，testshertheoriesonfamilyandfriends，andanswersreaders’mostpressingquestions—oddly，questionsthatotherwritersandresearcherstendtoignore：•WhydoIfindittoughtocreateahabitforsomethingIlovetodo?•SometimesIcanchangeahabitovernight，andsometimesIcan’tchangeahabit，nomatterhowhardItry.Why?•HowquicklycanIchangeahabit?•WhatcanIdotomakesureIsticktoanewhabit?•HowcanIhelpsomeoneelsechangeahabit?•WhycanIkeephabitsthatbenefitothers，butcan’tmakehabitsthatarejustforme?Whetherreaderswanttogetmoresleep，stopcheckingtheirdevices，maintainahealthyweight，orfinishanimportantproject，habitsmakechangepossible.ReadingjustafewchaptersofBetterThanBeforewillmakereaderseagertostartworkontheirownhabits—evenbeforethey’vefinishedthebook.