You know what you want to do. Why does the doing keep breaking down?
The plan is sensible. The intention is real. Yet motivation fades, the difficult task is postponed, an old habit returns, or progress stops just before completion. These moments are often treated as evidence of laziness or weak character. But procrastination is frequently an attempt to escape discomfort now, even when the delay creates a larger cost later. Behavior follows patterns, and patterns can be understood.
How People Decide, Persist, and Sabotage Themselves explores the machinery behind the gap between knowing and doing. Fendi Rusly explains how habits become automatic, why motivation changes over time, how emotion drives procrastination, and why self-defeating behavior can function as an old form of protection.
Inside, you will explore:
Each chapter begins with a familiar situation, explains the psychology beneath it, and ends with reflection questions that connect the ideas to your own patterns.
This is not another demand to try harder. It is a practical, compassionate explanation of how behavior works, paired with reflection prompts that help turn insight into a more useful next step. The aim is to stop treating yourself as the enemy and begin designing conditions that make change more sustainable.
Book 4 in The Psychology of Human Behavior series.
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. You know what you want to do. Why does the doing keep breaking down?The plan is sensible. The intention is real. Yet motivation fades, the difficult task is postponed, an old habit returns, or progress stops just before completion. These moments are often treated as evidence of laziness or weak character. But procrastination is frequently an attempt to escape discomfort now, even when the delay creates a larger cost later. Behavior follows patterns, and patterns can be understood.How People Decide, Persist, and Sabotage Themselves explores the machinery behind the gap between knowing and doing. Fendi Rusly explains how habits become automatic, why motivation changes over time, how emotion drives procrastination, and why self-defeating behavior can function as an old form of protection.Inside, you will explore: How habit loops are built and why old behaviors returnWhy motivation is unreliable and how action can come before feeling readyProcrastination as short-term mood repair rather than simple lazinessWhy getting started matters more than waiting to feel motivatedWillpower, decision fatigue, and the value of better defaultsCognitive biases that quietly distort everyday choicesWhy vague goals fail and what makes follow-through more likelyFear of failure, fear of success, perfectionism, and the comfort zoneHow identity reinforces repeated behaviorHow lasting change is built through environment, repetition, recovery, and self-understandingEach chapter begins with a familiar situation, explains the psychology beneath it, and ends with reflection questions that connect the ideas to your own patterns.This is not another demand to try harder. It is a practical, compassionate explanation of how behavior works, paired with reflection prompts that help turn insight into a more useful next step. The aim is to stop treating yourself as the enemy and begin designing conditions that make change more sustainable.Book 4 in The Psychology of Human Behavior series. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9798181813229
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Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - You know what you want to do. Why does the doing keep breaking down The plan is sensible. The intention is real. Yet motivation fades, the difficult task is postponed, an old habit returns, or progress stops just before completion. These moments are often treated as evidence of laziness or weak character. But procrastination is frequently an attempt to escape discomfort now, even when the delay creates a larger cost later. Behavior follows patterns, and patterns can be understood.How People Decide, Persist, and Sabotage Themselves explores the machinery behind the gap between knowing and doing. Fendi Rusly explains how habits become automatic, why motivation changes over time, how emotion drives procrastination, and why self-defeating behavior can function as an old form of protection.Inside, you will explore: - How habit loops are built and why old behaviors return- Why motivation is unreliable and how action can come before feeling ready- Procrastination as short-term mood repair rather than simple laziness- Why getting started matters more than waiting to feel motivated- Willpower, decision fatigue, and the value of better defaults- Cognitive biases that quietly distort everyday choices- Why vague goals fail and what makes follow-through more likely- Fear of failure, fear of success, perfectionism, and the comfort zone- How identity reinforces repeated behavior- How lasting change is built through environment, repetition, recovery, and self-understandingEach chapter begins with a familiar situation, explains the psychology beneath it, and ends with reflection questions that connect the ideas to your own patterns.This is not another demand to try harder. It is a practical, compassionate explanation of how behavior works, paired with reflection prompts that help turn insight into a more useful next step. The aim is to stop treating yourself as the enemy and begin designing conditions that make change more sustainable.Book 4 in The Psychology of Human Behavior series. N° de réf. du vendeur 9798181813229
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. You already know what you should do. So why isn't it done? Eat better. Start earlier. Save more. Finish the project. The knowledge is not the problem - it never was. The gap between knowing and doing is where most ambitions quietly die, and most people blame the same culprit: weak willpower. This book offers a better explanation. The Psychology of Human Behavior: How People Decide, Persist, and Sabotage Themselves maps the silent machinery behind everyday behavior - the habits that run without permission, the motivation that pays out at beginnings and vanishes in the middle, the biases that bend decisions, and the old protective patterns that make people undermine their own success. Inside, you will discover: - Why most behavior is automatic - and why awareness comes last- How habits are built, why they never truly disappear, and how to reroute them- Why motivation is anticipation, not fuel - and why it fades exactly when you need it- Why procrastination is emotional avoidance, not laziness- Why willpower fails at night - and what disciplined people do instead of fighting- The hidden biases behind everyday choices: sunk costs, loss aversion, the pull of now- Why goals fail at conception - and the four-word rule that protects them- The real anatomy of self-sabotage: fear of failure, fear of success, perfectionism, and the comfort zone- How identity quietly enforces old behavior - and how to change what it enforces- How real change actually happens: staged, environmental, social, and built to survive relapse Each chapter opens with a real-world scenario, explains the psychology behind the pattern, and closes with reflection questions that connect the concepts to your own life. This is not another willpower system. It is an explanation - and explanations are what make change possible. When you understand the machinery, you stop treating yourself as an enemy to be defeated and start working as an engineer: studying the system, adjusting it, and running it long enough to see what it can really do. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9798181813229
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