Year of Useful Habits. A Visual Guide to Acquiring Important Habits for Well-being and Happiness Based on 12 Bestsellers

A Year of Useful Habits: A Visual Guide to Mastering Habits that Determine Your Happiness and Well-being, Based on 12 BestsellersA Year to Become Better

Proper nutrition, benefits of movement, mindfulness, the positive influence of meditation… of course, you’ve heard of... them. But what has become our second nature? What has become our habit and routine? Often we have to admit, not much.

We usually think that changing habits is something global, requiring significant effort and giving up a pleasant lifestyle. The good news: nothing like that! Tiny, barely noticeable, but regular actions can drastically change our lives. If we do one push-up a day, it's much better than doing nothing at all. The algorithm for forming habits is well studied: any habit that does not require a high level of mastery can be formed in 21–30 days.

This is what we will do in 2024. This book contains summaries of 12 world bestsellers and 12 infographics on forming useful habits. Let's do this together - each month we will explore what our habits consist of and acquire those that are important for our well-being and happiness.

What's in the book?

How? Learning to form habits
James Clear. Breaking down habits into atoms. How to acquire good ones and abandon bad ones

Habit 1. Positive Thinking
John Arden. Taming the Amygdala and Other Tools for Brain Training

Habit 2. Movement
Tom Rath. Eat, Move, Sleep. How Everyday Decisions Affect Health and Longevity

Habit 3. Proper Nutrition
Michael Greger. How Not to Die... from Disease. A Science-Based Nutrition Method Capable of Preventing and Reversing Disease

How? Strengthening and Using Willpower
Kelly McGonigal. Willpower. How to Develop and Strengthen

Habit 4. Priorities 77
Gary Keller, Jay Papasan. The One Thing. The Surprising Truth Behind Extraordinary Results

Habit 5. Routine
Daniel Pink. When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing

Habit 6. Brain Hygiene and Meditation 97
Rick Hanson. Buddha's Brain. The Neuropsychology of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom

How? Overcoming Obstacles
Marshall Goldsmith. Triggers. Forming Habits - Strengthening Character
Habit 7. The Art of Listening
Michael Sorensen. Hearing and Understanding. The Foundation of Trusting Relationships

Habit 8. Creativity
Joe Lau. An Introduction to Critical Thinking and Creativity Theory

Habit 9. The Feeling of Happiness
Dalai Lama XIV, Desmond Tutu, Douglas Abrams. The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World