Good habits, bad habits : the science of making positive changes that stick / Wendy Wood.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

How we really are -- Persistence and change -- The depths beneath -- Introducing your second self -- What about knowledge? -- What about self control? -- The three bases of habit formation -- Context -- Repetition -- Reward -- Consistency is for closers -- Total control -- Special cases, big opportunities, and the world around us -- Jump through windows -- The special resilience of habit -- Contexts of addiction -- Happy with habit -- You are not alone -- Epilogue -- How to stop looking at your phone so often -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

Wood draws on three decades of original research to explain the fascinating science of how we form habits, and offers the key to unlocking our habitual mind in order to make the changes we seek.