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49 reviews for:
Make Change That Lasts: 9 Simple Ways to Break Free from the Habits That Hold You Back
Rangan Chatterjee
3.96 AVERAGE
49 reviews for:
Make Change That Lasts: 9 Simple Ways to Break Free from the Habits That Hold You Back
Rangan Chatterjee
3.96 AVERAGE
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Positive, Inspiring, Reflective
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Lots of photographs in the book that are of zero value. Liked the texts though.
Read for 52 Book Club Challenge 2025 3) Title starts with letter “M”.
I assumed that this would be a book about habit forming, like Atomic Habits by James Clear or Tiny Habits by BJ Fogg, but it was a very different animal. Dr Chattejee has been listening to influential thinkers on health and psychology on his podcast for years and he has drawn them together with his own personal & clinical experience to form a philosophy of 'minimal reliance' to promote health & well-being.
He identifies 9 areas:
1) Trusting yourself (reliance on experts, especially on social media, rather than listening to your body and brain to find out what is right for you individually)
2) Giving up your heroes (reliance on the highly-damaging myth of perfection)
3) Being yourself (reliance on being liked and therefore not setting boundaries)
4) Embracing discomfort (reliance on comfort linked to chronic diseases, whereas controlled discomfort like physical exercise, cold showers, learning something new etc can teach us we are resilient and capable)
5) Taking less offence (reliance on being right means criticism & different views are perceived as threats and puts our nervous system on high alert - instead adopting a learner mindset and reframing criticism)
6) Expecting adversity (reliance on things never going wrong is completely unrealistic - minimising complaining, managing conflict and reflecting on death more helpful.)
7) Letting go & moving on (reliance on things past can mean getting stuck with old ideas & emotions)
8) Reclaiming your time (reliance on busyness and the myth that busyness equates to success - instead embracing rest, and trying to find a better
balance between work, family, friendship, health & passions. )
9) Giving more than you get (the gift of reliance through community, friends, family & partners.)
Dr Chatterjee gives lots of ideas of small daily practices that he believes could have big downstream benefits. Lots to ponder here and slowly embed.
I assumed that this would be a book about habit forming, like Atomic Habits by James Clear or Tiny Habits by BJ Fogg, but it was a very different animal. Dr Chattejee has been listening to influential thinkers on health and psychology on his podcast for years and he has drawn them together with his own personal & clinical experience to form a philosophy of 'minimal reliance' to promote health & well-being.
He identifies 9 areas:
1) Trusting yourself (reliance on experts, especially on social media, rather than listening to your body and brain to find out what is right for you individually)
2) Giving up your heroes (reliance on the highly-damaging myth of perfection)
3) Being yourself (reliance on being liked and therefore not setting boundaries)
4) Embracing discomfort (reliance on comfort linked to chronic diseases, whereas controlled discomfort like physical exercise, cold showers, learning something new etc can teach us we are resilient and capable)
5) Taking less offence (reliance on being right means criticism & different views are perceived as threats and puts our nervous system on high alert - instead adopting a learner mindset and reframing criticism)
6) Expecting adversity (reliance on things never going wrong is completely unrealistic - minimising complaining, managing conflict and reflecting on death more helpful.)
7) Letting go & moving on (reliance on things past can mean getting stuck with old ideas & emotions)
8) Reclaiming your time (reliance on busyness and the myth that busyness equates to success - instead embracing rest, and trying to find a better
balance between work, family, friendship, health & passions. )
9) Giving more than you get (the gift of reliance through community, friends, family & partners.)
Dr Chatterjee gives lots of ideas of small daily practices that he believes could have big downstream benefits. Lots to ponder here and slowly embed.
hopeful
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced