The Power of Habit

"The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do." - Charles Duhigg

"The Power of Habit" is a powerful book that focuses on what Duhigg calls loops: cue, routine, reward.  A cue is something that triggers you do the habit, like seeing your running shoes or hearing discussing about your favorite sports team.  The routine is what the cue triggered you to perform.  The reward is the perceived benefit from performing the routine.  Hence why habits are so strong, that sometimes perceptibly and sometimes not, we engage in the routine we have been trained to perform, better or worse.

Duhigg drives the potential for changing your habits by changing your routine.  When biting your nails, consciously change your physical routine from the urge to perform a different routine.  The Habit Replacement Training he discusses is a powerful process to remove bad habits and replace them with powerful routines that can remove your need for willpower and drive positive behaviors.

Willpower is really the driving force of change.  Our potential is to remove the need to use willpower when we setup the cues and respond with good routines, and use that precious willpower to change for the better.

My recommendation: 8/10.