Making Habits, Breaking Habits” by Jeremy Dean, Chaper 8: Online all the time

“Making Habits, Breaking Habits” by Jeremy Dean.  Full disclosure: If you buy the book through the link, it won’t cost you any more, but I’ll get a few pennies. But my main motivation for doing this is to understand the book properly. What follows is my summary of the chapter. ====================================================================Facebook can get out of hand. Not just late-to-cook-dinner out of hand, but 5-hours-a-day,-sneaking-off-work-to-check-it-until-you’re-fired,-then-sneaking-peeks-at-it-during-your-session-with-a-psychologist out of hand. Some people set…

February 15, 2015
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“Making Habits, Breaking Habits” Chapter 7: When habits kill

“Making Habits, Breaking Habits” by Jeremy Dean.  Full disclosure: If you buy the book through the link, it won’t cost you any more, but I’ll get a few pennies. But my main motivation for doing this is to understand the book properly. What follows is my summary of the chapter. ==================================================================== Habits can be lethal, but no, he doesn’t mean smoking. Pilots have to go through a long check-list before…

February 9, 2015
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“Making Habits, Breaking Habits” Chapter 6

“Making Habits, Breaking Habits” by Jeremy Dean.  Full disclosure: If you buy the book through the link, it won’t cost you any more, but I’ll get a few pennies. But my main motivation for doing this is to understand the book properly. What follows is my summary of the chapter. ================================================================= [Quick interjection from Sheila. This chapter deals with mental illnesses, which tend to be misunderstood by the general public….

January 30, 2015
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“Making Habits, Breaking Habits” Chapter 5

“Making Habits, Breaking Habits” by Jeremy Dean.  Full disclosure: If you buy the book through the link, it won’t cost you any more, but I’ll get a few pennies. But my main motivation for doing this is to understand the book properly. What follows is my summary of the chapter. I’m going to try to go faster. I want to get to the practical advice, and I suspect other people…

January 24, 2015
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“Making Habits, Breaking Habits” Chapter 4

“Making Habits, Breaking Habits” by Jeremy Dean.  Full disclosure: If you buy the book through the link, it won’t cost you any more, but I’ll get a few pennies. But my main motivation for doing this is to understand the book properly. What follows is my summary of the chapter. The author, Jeremy Dean had a power cut. He looked out of the window and saw that the neighbours’ lights…

January 22, 2015
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“Making Habits, Breaking Habits” Chapter 3

 Full disclosure: If you buy the book through the link, it won’t cost you any more, but I’ll get a few pennies. But my main motivation for doing this is to understand the book properly. What follows is my summary of the chapter. People are astonishingly bad at describing what they find attractive in member of the (usually) opposite sex. But they’re no worse if the researcher switched photos –…

January 18, 2015
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