Small Move, Big Change: Using Microresolutions to Transform Your Life Permanently - Softcover

Arnold, Caroline L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0241286514 ISBN 13: 9780241286517

Publisher: Penguin Life, 2016

Synopsis

Small, but smart: a Wall Street guru's secrets to making change that sticks.

'A rare self-improvement book that actually works' Adam Grant, bestselling author of Give and Take

Every year, we're determined to achieve our goals: to lose weight, save money or get a promotion. But how often do we follow them through? Science - and real life - shows that this 'big push' strategy is ultimately designed to fail, with our limited willpower struggling against entrenched routines and autopilot behaviours.

In Small Move, Big Change, Wall Street technology guru, Caroline Arnold, introduces micro-resolutions: simple and deceptively effective, they reward us with instant results that have huge, lasting effects that can help you revolutionise your:

· Sleep
· Fitness
· Relationships
· Organisation
· Budgeting

Packed full of real-world examples, this practical guide will help you spot the small moves that will bring the biggest change to your life.

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Review:

Small Move, Big Change is a rare self-improvement book that actually works. With the right mix of science and practical examples, Caroline Arnold offerspowerful advice for motivating ourselves to save more, eat less, get organized, boost our willpower, and even keep our New Year's resolutions.It's the most useful guide to getting things done since Getting Things Done. (Adam Grant, Wharton professor and bestselling author of Give and Take)

Didn't expect to -- but I love this book! From page one, Small Move, Big Changeis filled with wisdom, insight, and whip-smart "micro" suggestions you can actually implement to change your life. Caroline Arnold manages to be funny, down to earth, and hard-hitting all at the same time. This is a must-read. (Amy Chua, Yale Law professor and author of Battle of the Tiger Mother and The Triple Package: How Three Unlikely Traits Explain the Rise and Fall of Cultural Groups)

These genius strategies from Caroline Arnold, one of the few female bosses in Goldman Sachs' tech department, will help [to accomplish your goals]. (Glamour)

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'Filled with wisdom, insight, and whip-smart "micro" suggestions you can actually implement to change your life. A must-read' AMY CHUA, author of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother

Small but smart: a Wall Street guru's secrets to making change that sticks

Every January, we start the new year determined to achieve our goals: to lose weight, save money or get a promotion. But science - and real life - shows that this 'big push' strategy is doomed to fail, with our limited willpower struggling against entrenched routines and autopilot behaviours.

Wall Street technology guru Caroline Arnold understands the power of small but precise targets in getting us to where we want to be. In this empowering book, she introduces microresolutions: simple and deceptively effective, they reward us with instant results that have huge, lasting effects.

Full of real-world examples, and backed up with new scientific discoveries, this practical guide will help you spot the small moves that will bring the biggest change to your life.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Life
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0241286514
• ISBN 13: 9780241286517
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272