The Deep Structure of Habits: Why Habits Fail to Stick, What Makes Them Work, and the Framework for Lasting Change (Deep Structure Series)

Contents Title Page Copyright About This Book INTRODUCTION PART I — HOW HABITS BUILD THE STRUCTURE OF OUR DAILY LIFE 1. What a Habit Means and How It Works 2. Limits That Shape What You Can Do 3. How Your Situation Shapes Your Actions 4. Your Mind’s Inner Workings: The Real Place Where Habits Begin 5. What Capacity Means: The Limits of What You Can Do PART II — WHAT REALLY WORKS: THE REAL FORCES BEHIND LASTING HABITS 6. How Triggers Set Habits in Motion 7. Friction, Effort, and What Wins Out 8. How Reinforcement Secures and Steadies Your Habits 9. How Your Sense of Self Sets the Limits PART III — WHAT DOESN’T WORK: WHEN STRUCTURE FAILS 10. The Myth of Motivation

11. Making Things Too Complicated and Why Habits Break 12. When Identity Gets Stuck and Habits Get Rigid 13. Environmental Mismatch PART IV — THE REAL REASONS HABITS FALL APART: A COMMON-SENSE EXAMINATION 14. The Four Ways Habits Fail 15. A Practical Habit Check-Up PART V — HOW TO BUILD HABITS THAT STICK: THE BASICS OF STRUCTURE 16. How to Set Up a Habit That Works 17. Scaling Patterns 18. Habit Ecosystems PART VI — ADVANCED APPLICATIONS 19. Breaking Bad Habits 20. Habits Under Stress and Regime Change 21. Adaptive Conduct PART VII — DESIGN YOUR LIFE SYSTEM 22. A Simple Rule for Building Habits 23. Designing a Life System 24. Universal Structure and Human Conduct Conclusion — Becoming the Architect About the Author