How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
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- Update Date：2025-09-07
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- Author：Katy Milkman
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Summary
'Game-changing。 Katy Milkman shows in this book that we can all be a super human' Angela Duckworth， bestselling author of Grit
How to Change is a powerful， groundbreaking blueprint to help you - and anyone you manage， teach or coach - to achieve personal and professional goals， from the master of human nature and behaviour change and Choiceology podcast host Professor Katy Milkman。
Award-winning Wharton Professor Katy Milkman has devoted her career to the study of behaviour change。 An engineer by training， she approaches all challenges as problems to be solved and， with this mind-set， has drilled into the roadblocks that prevent us from achieving our goals and breaking unwanted behaviours。 The key to lasting change， she argues， is not to set ever more audacious goals or to foster good habits but to get your strategy right。
In How to Change Milkman identifies seven human impulses， or 'problems'， that commonly sabotage our attempts to make positive personal and professional change。 Then， crucially， instead of getting you to do battle with these impulses she shows you how to harness them and use these as driving forces to help instil new， positive behaviours - better， faster and more efficiently than you could imagine。
Drawing her own original research， countless engaging case studies and practical tools throughout to help you put her ideas into action， Milkman reveals a proven， inspiring path that can take you - once and for all - from where you are today to where you want to be。
How to Change is a powerful， groundbreaking blueprint to help you - and anyone you manage， teach or coach - to achieve personal and professional goals， from the master of human nature and behaviour change and Choiceology podcast host Professor Katy Milkman。
Award-winning Wharton Professor Katy Milkman has devoted her career to the study of behaviour change。 An engineer by training， she approaches all challenges as problems to be solved and， with this mind-set， has drilled into the roadblocks that prevent us from achieving our goals and breaking unwanted behaviours。 The key to lasting change， she argues， is not to set ever more audacious goals or to foster good habits but to get your strategy right。
In How to Change Milkman identifies seven human impulses， or 'problems'， that commonly sabotage our attempts to make positive personal and professional change。 Then， crucially， instead of getting you to do battle with these impulses she shows you how to harness them and use these as driving forces to help instil new， positive behaviours - better， faster and more efficiently than you could imagine。
Drawing her own original research， countless engaging case studies and practical tools throughout to help you put her ideas into action， Milkman reveals a proven， inspiring path that can take you - once and for all - from where you are today to where you want to be。
Reviews
Georgia
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I listened to this as an audiobook with the vision of making some valuable life changes。 The blurb talked about setting goals and using strategy， which it did， to some extent but the contents of the tin wasn't quite measuring up to the label。Perhaps I had high expectations， I was looking for a range of techniques to apply to everyday life and what I got was a lot of anecdotes and case studies on how specific techniques were used to effect change and the consequences of certain individuals not st I listened to this as an audiobook with the vision of making some valuable life changes。 The blurb talked about setting goals and using strategy， which it did， to some extent but the contents of the tin wasn't quite measuring up to the label。Perhaps I had high expectations， I was looking for a range of techniques to apply to everyday life and what I got was a lot of anecdotes and case studies on how specific techniques were used to effect change and the consequences of certain individuals not sticking to their goals。 The book was heavy on the science behind why some people change and others are less successful but， I， as a layman， wasn't given enough to go out and plot my own strategy。 If the methods presented in the book didn't work with my style， then it was a case of tough luck。I found the narration really slow and dull and had to speed it up in order to stay away and remain somewhat focused。I think this book is suited to someone who is studying psychology， counselling or something to that effect as they would benefit more from the research。 I am going to award this book an average of 3/5 stars as the narration made me switch off several times and the heightened expectations were due to the misdirection of the promotional text。 The author could perhaps have spent a bit more effort in giving the text a more conversational approach。 。。。more
Kate Henderson
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**Listened via audio book**What have I just listened to？ this book didn't fit with the description。 I'm just not sure what this book was trying to convey。 It is marketed as more of a self-help/behaviour/psychology type of book。 But it was quite heavy on the science and the medical side。 I listened to this all the way through， and when it finished I just felt i needed to re-listen as I had retained very little info。I didn't enjoy this listening/reading experience - the narrator was fine， but just **Listened via audio book**What have I just listened to？ this book didn't fit with the description。 I'm just not sure what this book was trying to convey。 It is marketed as more of a self-help/behaviour/psychology type of book。 But it was quite heavy on the science and the medical side。 I listened to this all the way through， and when it finished I just felt i needed to re-listen as I had retained very little info。I didn't enjoy this listening/reading experience - the narrator was fine， but just felt a bit all over the place in relation to the the main theme/objective of the book。Not for me！ 。。。more
Dolly
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