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Bad Habits No More: 25 Steps to Break Any Bad Habit Kindle Edition

by S.J. Scott (Author), Steve Scott (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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LEARN:: How to Break Bad Habits and Build Powerful, Positive Routines

Do you: Often snack on junk food, watch too much T.V., spend too much money or binge eat? Wish you could stop smoking or drinking excessively? Have a small (but annoying) habit you'd like to break?

We all have a specific bad habit we'd like to break. Odds are, you've tried in the past and maybe you were successful for a few days. Then something unexpected came up where you slipped for a day or two. One mistake snowballs into a series of setbacks. Eventually you give up on the idea of making a habit change simply because it's too difficult to do.

The interesting thing? We've all experienced this pattern at some point in our lives. Fortunately there's a quick fix: Make a plan for breaking that habit and follow it on a daily basis.

RIGHT NOW:: Pick a Bad Habit, Make a Plan and Start Today!

It doesn't matter if you've failed with your habit efforts in the past. It doesn't mean you're lazy or weak-willed. It means you didn't have the right tools for making a lasting habit change.

What you need is a strategy for identifying your worst habits and learning how to overcome them. That solution is a book called: "Bad Habits No More: 25 Steps to Break ANY Bad Habit."

Bad Habits No More: 25 Steps to Break ANY Bad Habit

With this book you will learn:

Why "Willpower" is a Dangerous Word for Changing Routines

The *One Thing* People Get Wrong with Building Habits (Step #2)

A 3-Step Process for Identifying the "Why" Behind Your Bad Habit (Step #9)

Why Cold-Turkey Solutions Rarely Work (Step #6)

How Certain Locations can Short-Curcuit Your Efforts (Step #19)

The "What-The-Hell Effect" and How it Causes Binge Behaviors (Step #21)

How a 30-Day Challenge is the First Step to Permanent Habit Change (Step #3)

The Best Tools & Apps to Track Your New Habits (Steps #15 & #17)

You don't have to be controlled by bad habits. You can break them by following a step-by-step blueprint.

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PROVIDES A SOLID SYSTEM FOR REPLACING "BAD HABITS"

Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2014

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Steve Scott's new release "Bad Habits No More: 25 Steps to Break Any Bad Habit" lays down a well-structured, informative and step-by-step actionable process for overcoming and eventually breaking bad habits. With all the fluff eliminated and written in a straight and concise "nothing-but-what-you-need-to-know" style, Breaking bad Habits delivers what it promises. Here is why.

The book starts with a solid intro into willpower and why you can't rely on this alone to break a habit, with a great example of what "ego depletion" is and how it relates to habit development and forming new habits. The "hot-cold empathy gap" is another great source of information unknown to many trying to break a bad habit. This is a great intro to the material because it builds a powerful tone and mood for the rest of the book.

"Bad Habits No More" is structured and built into 4 different parts.

PART I: [LAYING THE FOUNDATION FOR A HABIT CHANGE]

STEPS #1-8: In the first part of the book the author sets up the foundation for changing bad habits into good ones. This is a great section to get you ready for the work that is ahead. It focuses in on the difference between a habit and an addiction, and then moves into sound advice to focus on only one habit at a time. you will learn about the 30-Day Habit Challenge , setting a start date for your new habit formation, avoiding cold turkey solutions, and the importance of creating incremental goals. Throughout the book the author uses a personal case study [Wasting time using a cellphone] to explain the effectiveness of the methods and steps, and how to apply these steps and actions to your own situations in life you are struggling with.

PART II [UNDERSTAND YOUR HABIT LOOP]:
STEPS #9-14: In this section you will learn to identify the "Habits" of your habit routine, and how you continue to feed into the behaviour even after swearing it off forever. Steve outlines this process by identifying the habit routine, recording habit triggers, creating an if-then plan, and using habit reminders to stay consistent.

Part III [BUILD A SUPPORT SYSTEM]:

STEPS #15-19 walk you through how to build a support system by creating accountability, ignoring the naysayers, making a public declaration, using a partner/sponsor to maintain accountability, and avoiding trigger locations.

PART IV: [OVERCOMING CHALLENGES]

STEPS #20-24: With clear examples provided and backed up with sound resources by Charles DuhIgg, James Clear, and Steve Guise, Steve provides greater credibility to the material for Breaking Bad habits. In addition, links are provided to useful apps you can download to support you in creating and maintaining a habit lifestyle. There are apps for staying accountable and to track your progress and level of consistency.

BOOK HIGHLIGHTS AND STRATEGIES

* Complete with case studies from the author's personal experience, Steve walks you through the various stages for removing a bad habit by replacing it with a good one. He stresses as you will see in this book the importance elf, not only getting rid of a habit that isn't working but, the key is to replace it with a positive, productive habit that adds value to your life intend of taking it away.

* The 30 Day Habit Challenge [30DHC]: a great method for forming new habits.
* If-T
* hen technique [Implementation Intention]
* Finding replacement habits
* Creating Habits Reminders
* Keeping an accountability journal
* Tips on avoiding trigger locations
* How to maintain a healthy lifestyle and attitude
* Practice the "Streaking" Habit [one of my favourites]
* Plus tips and strategies for staying consistent and maintaining a positive attitude while making your habit changes.

The Key to breaking any habit is consistency and daily action. This is the core foundation of the book and it works for several reasons.

1. The book is well-structured and provides the reader with an enjoyable "reading" experience that only takes a couple hours to go through.
2. There are many useful techniques and strategies that can be implemented every day as habits
3. Offers excellent ideas for dealing with obstacles and challenges you are going to encounter along the way.

"Would you rather spend time on an activity that improves your life, or on something that could lead to poor health, bad finances, or reduced quality of life?"

If you answered yes, then I would certainly recommend this book for Breaking Bad Habits. Concise, no fluff and full of useful material without the useless jargon makes it a good read that can certainly add value to your quality of living.

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Overall a solid, fast read, with good ideas.

Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2015

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Pros: Relatively quick read, several solid ideas, focus on replacement habits
Cons: Limited "case study"

S.J. Scott's _Bad Habits No More: 25 steps to break any bad habit_ sets a very ambitious goal for itself, and one that only you can be the judge of whether or not it meets. At 90 pages, and broken down into discrete steps, it's a quick read either in one sitting or, more likely, broken up into smaller chunks with time to think about how you would apply it in your own life. While Step 1 is a caveat to differentiate between problems that would require or benefit from professional help and those that can be tackled with the help of the book and your support network, many of his steps draw from cognitive behavioral therapy and relapse prevention strategies developed in the context of addiction recovery. If I were to change one thing about the book it would be to add one or two more examples of using the techniques to break a habit. And if I were to take away only two pieces of advice from this book, it would be to focus not just on not engaging in your target bad habit, but in choosing to engage in your alternative replacement habit(s), and the development of your if-then plan for dealing with triggers to engage in your old bad habit.

Overall a solid, fast read, with good ideas. I would have no problems recommending this to someone looking to develop a habit change plan.

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Janelle Hawkins

Short and sweet

Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2020

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All of us have bad habits we'd like to break, instead of being stuck doing the same things year after year that impact our lives in negative ways. We make ineffectual efforts that amount to nothing because we don't have a well-reasoned plan of action.

There are helpful tips in this book. And the tips form a complete program, which is simple enough to get into your head and to actually do. As a Kindle book that I read on my laptop, I was able to copy the paragraphs that I felt were most important into one document. I then highlighted the ideas and actions I want to implement.

A few of the helpful ideas: Plan for the resistance you’ll experience along the way. Only attempt one habit change at a time. Commit to a 30-day habit challenge. Give a specific reason why it matters. Use your journal to track triggers by writing them as they occur. Track your success with a daily metric. Focus on making small changes that compound over time. Create small wins that build emotional momentum. Instead of focusing on what you’re missing, follow new routines that give you the same reward. And so on.

Scott gives examples which make it easy to understand how to implement the steps. If you're looking for a quick to read, easy to follow book to help you break your bad habits and introduce new, better replacements for them, this could be the book for you. It does require some effort to make changes, but this book helps you remove the blocks that will keep you from succeeding.

One person found this helpful

Fairly good though a bit weak in general.

Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2015

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This is one of the books I read when on the treadmill (walking at 12% incline, speed 2.5 so I can read). It's how I efficiently develop my soft skills.

The principles outlined in this book for breaking a bad habit certainly will help in many cases, but there are a few weaknesses. First, his approach works best on habits that are very clearly identifiable and discrete, such as quitting smoking, watching less TV, etc. It might be less optimal when addressing bad habits such as how to criticize people less, how to stop blowing sales opportunities, etc.

I also suggest the author talk to people as research and come up with better case studies or examples. He uses his desire to look at his cell phone less as his "case study" for each topic, and quite frankly those case studies are typically one sentence or a short paragraph.

So overall a good quick read with some value, but I suggest the author focus more on quality not quantity of the books he self-publishes.

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Reviewed in Brazil on December 28, 2021

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I recommend this book for everyone who wish to change your life for better and master your mind for a new life.

Sameer Raghvani

Good to go

Reviewed in India on September 28, 2023

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Good to go

Susanne Lastin

Great books with easy to implement strategies and very hands on!

Reviewed in Germany on July 13, 2019

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Great books with easy to implement strategies and very hands on! I really enjoy reading books that give me the tools and leave out the fluff
Thank you Steve for taking the time writing this book and congratulations on your cellphone sabbatical achievements

ScienTechie

A Most Helpful & Powerful Read

Reviewed in Canada on May 19, 2015

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Before I read this book, I had the terrible habit of procrastination. So, I thought I'f give this a try and I am so glad I did. Mr. Scott taught me that I can break ANY clutches of a bad habit, even procrastination - which can breed laziness. Now I have learned how to manage my time more effectively, which used to be all over the place before I met up with this book. I read many other books from this author and trusted them, so I knew I couldn't lose.

He really nails down the "how to" part of it and I am such a "how" person. When you know why you got yourself into a bad habit, it shows you how to get rid of the whole thing and this takes the desire of a bad habit out, So you don't feel the need to keep doing it like you thought you did.

What a fabulous read! So, because of reading his books, l even finished an e-book that was on the backburner since 2014. Thanks Steve! Your books are right on so, Write On!

3 people found this helpful

Nyckeau

Pas de blabla

Reviewed in France on December 16, 2015

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Ce livre est court, gratuit, et contient un plan simple, étape par étape, bien guidé, pour se débarrasser de mauvaises habitudes.
Les étapes sont simples, faciles à mettre en œuvre et correctement documentées.
Comme quoi ce n'est pas parce que c'est gratuit que ça ne vaut rien : vous ne risquez rien à le lire, et son contenu pourrait vous surprendre.

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