Self-Directed Behavior (9th edition) - David L. Watson and Roland G. Tharp
By Josh Kaufman
We all have things about ourselves we’d like to improve, but changing behavior is often very tricky business. The spirit may be willing, but the flesh is often weak, and our efforts to change sometimes end in frustration. Feeling bad about yourself doesn’t help, either.
There’s no need to start channelling your inner drill sergeant: Self-Directed Behavior (9th edition) is an extremely useful summary of the latest research in successful self-improvement and behavioral modification.
Watson and Tharp have done a masterful job of summarizing all of the latest findings in science and psychology that can help you change your behavior – and make those changes stick. You’ll learn what self-regulation is and why it’s important, how to choose useful goals and anticipate obstacles, how to observe yourself, how to examine the antecedents and consequences of particular behaviors, and how to solve problems and prevent relapses once a behavioral change is made.
Self-Directed Behavior (9th edition) can help you stop wasting valuable energy on behaviors that don’t serve you, and redirect that energy to behaviors that support the kind of life you want to live.
Like this post? Join over 32,000 readers and subscribe to the Personal MBA email update. You'll receive reading list updates, book summaries, and practical training - free!
TweetRecent Posts on PersonalMBA.com
- Personal MBA + The 100 Dollar Startup
- Chinese Edition, May Masterclass, New Book (!!!)
- Quotations Collection, Paperback, and May Masterclass
- Personal MBA Survey - Do You Have a Minute?
- 2012 Personal MBA Reading List Update
- Real Artists Ship
- Uncertainty - Jonathan Fields
- End Malaria - Creating a Personal Masterplan
- What Must an Educated Person Know?
- New York Times - 7 Tools to Manage Social Media Overload
