Habits, focus & performance

The books behind it

• Good Habits, Bad…Wendy WoodT
  Good Habits, Bad HabitsWendy Wood · 2019A research-grounded account of how context and repetition make behaviour less dependent on intention.›Wendy Wood, 2019. Why this book: A research-grounded account of how context and repetition make behaviour less dependent on intention.
• Tiny HabitsB. J. FoggT
  Tiny HabitsB. J. Fogg · 2019A humane method for shrinking behaviours until repetition is possible and success is immediate.›B. J. Fogg, 2019. Why this book: A humane method for shrinking behaviours until repetition is possible and success is immediate.
• The Willpower…Kelly McGonigalT
  The Willpower InstinctKelly McGonigal · 2012Turns behavioural research on goals, stress, and self-control into experiments readers can evaluate themselves.›Kelly McGonigal, 2012. Why this book: Turns behavioural research on goals, stress, and self-control into experiments readers can evaluate themselves.
• The Power of HabitCharles DuhiggT
  The Power of HabitCharles Duhigg · 2012Uses research and reporting to make cues and rewards visible in personal and organisational routines.›Charles Duhigg, 2012. Why this book: Uses research and reporting to make cues and rewards visible in personal and organisational routines.
• Atomic HabitsJames ClearT
  Atomic HabitsJames Clear · 2018A clear synthesis of cue design, repetition, and identity without requiring dramatic reinvention.›James Clear, 2018. Why this book: A clear synthesis of cue design, repetition, and identity without requiring dramatic reinvention.
• Deep WorkCal NewportT
  Deep WorkCal Newport · 2016Makes a concrete case for protecting sustained thought while acknowledging different scheduling realities.›Cal Newport, 2016. Why this book: Makes a concrete case for protecting sustained thought while acknowledging different scheduling realities.
• Making Habits,…Jeremy DeanT
  Making Habits, Breaking HabitsJeremy Dean · 2013Separates popular habit folklore from the slower, more variable evidence on automaticity.›Jeremy Dean, 2013. Why this book: Separates popular habit folklore from the slower, more variable evidence on automaticity.
• The Science of…Menno HenselmansT
  The Science of Self-ControlMenno Henselmans · 2021Reviews self-control evidence with unusual attention to replication problems and competing mechanisms.›Menno Henselmans, 2021. Why this book: Reviews self-control evidence with unusual attention to replication problems and competing mechanisms.
• The Checklist…Atul GawandeT
  The Checklist ManifestoAtul Gawande · 2009A surgeon’s history of how concise shared routines can support experts inside complex systems.›Atul Gawande, 2009. Why this book: A surgeon’s history of how concise shared routines can support experts inside complex systems.
• Daily RitualsMason CurreyT
  Daily RitualsMason Currey · 2013A revealing collection of creative routines whose contradictions inoculate against one perfect schedule.›Mason Currey, 2013. Why this book: A revealing collection of creative routines whose contradictions inoculate against one perfect schedule.
• Digital MinimalismCal NewportT
  Digital MinimalismCal Newport · 2019A values-first approach to choosing technologies, with practical experiments rather than blanket abstinence.›Cal Newport, 2019. Why this book: A values-first approach to choosing technologies, with practical experiments rather than blanket abstinence.
• Four Thousand…Oliver BurkemanT
  Four Thousand WeeksOliver Burkeman · 2021A bracing philosophy of time that replaces mastery fantasies with explicit, humane choices.›Oliver Burkeman, 2021. Why this book: A bracing philosophy of time that replaces mastery fantasies with explicit, humane choices.