The Power of Habit – Review

The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg

The Power of Habit gives a comprehensive insight into our brains to find out how habits are made, why they are so important, and what we can do to change them. Thankfully this book doesn’t feature a single image of a brain scan, and only mentions the word ‘cortex’ once: basically what I’m trying to say is that this book isn’t full of technical mumbo jumbo, but goes through the basics of where habits are formed then focuses on the bases habits which the reader can understand, and the entire book is in layman’s terms, which is wonderful. The book is packed with anecdotes. Completely stuffed with them. And usually when someone’s argument is solely made up of examples it can get frustrating, but the anecdotes he gives aren’t about made up perfect families with twinkles in their eyes, but rather about hard-working executives, amnesiac familymen and gambling addicts, who are all affected heavily by habits. The anecdotes feel real and personal to the people who they are about, and are told really well. Like, the Hunger Games kind of writing well. Perhaps in another life Duhigg was a fiction writer, but in this one he is a writer who has set out with the mission of giving an in-depth education about how our brains can be molded to our will to anyone who is willing to learn about it, and without a doubt, he has succeeded.

Rating – 👍👍