Good Habits, Bad Habits

• The author studied habits her whole life
• She explains that willpower is not enough to form a habit alone
• Very important is e.g. also the environment.
  • E.g. American soldiers took drugs during the Vietnam War, but only 5% of the drug-takers continued to take it when they came back
  • So you should shape your environment so that it makes you more productive

The main reason I docked stars for this was a recurring theme of fatphobia, specifically Wood's lending credence to disproven medical myths around weight and its relationship to health, which is especially dangerous for someone regarded as a scientific expert to do. It's particularly unfortunate because, without those parts, this is a detailed and actionable book describing the current state of scientific knowledge around habit formation and habit breaking, written by one of the main leaders of that research.