I suggest Edward Deci's book, Why We Do What We Do. Deci and his colleague, Richard Ryan, are the founders of the current most popular theory of human motivation: Self-determination theory. It's a very short book and extremely easy to read.
I know you're looking mainly for practical stuff and this book is primarily theoretical, but I think you should check it out for two reasons:
It's an easy to understand theory that you can use to assess and update your habits with when they don't work as you planned.
Past theories of motivation focus on external/extrinsic motivators, like money, grades, etc. It turns out that these things don't promote intrinsic motivation, and they often
I suggest Edward Deci's book, Why We Do What We Do. Deci and his colleague, Richard Ryan, are the founders of the current most popular theory of human motivation: Self-determination theory. It's a very short book and extremely easy to read.
I know you're looking mainly for practical stuff and this book is primarily theoretical, but I think you should check it out for two reasons:
- It's an easy to understand theory that you can use to assess and update your habits with when they don't work as you planned.
- Past theories of motivation focus on external/extrinsic motivators, like money, grades, etc. It turns out that these things don't promote intrinsic motivation, and they often
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