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Say you want to start going to the gym or practicing a musical instrument. How long should it take before you stop having to force it and start doing it automatically?The surprising answers are found in Making Habits, Breaking Habits, a psychologist’s popular examination of one of the most powerful and under-appreciated processes in the mind. Although people like to think that they are in control, much of human behavior occurs without any decision-making or conscious thought.Drawing on hundreds of fascinating studies, psychologist Jeremy Dean busts the myths to finally explain why seemingly easy habits, like eating an apple a day, can be surprisingly difficult to form, and how to take charge of your brain’s natural “autopilot” to make any change stick.
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REMY DEAN graduated from North Staffs Polytechnic in 1987 with a BA (Hons) in Audio-visual Design, starting out by making a few short films, including 'Lovelossfear', 'Pinchbeck' and 'No Way' - a music video for his band 'BrainDeath' - before directing his creative energies toward writing.He has been afflicted with intermittent periods of employment as an international freight driver, sheet metal worker and magazine editor. He found success as a journalist, having more than fifty features published in various magazines and newspapers, including 'The Guardian', 'The Independent', 'New Woman' and 'Outlook' covering a wide range of topics such as true crime, jazz, mainstream pop, alternative rock, science fiction, health and film theory. He is the author of several published books, mainly rock-related biographies, including: 'Nirvana', 'Nine Inch Nails', Nick Cave, Henry Rollins, 'Suede' and... Celine Dion(!).His first novel 'Scraps' is published by Questing Beast Books and a novelette, 'Final Bough' is presented by Sutekh's Gift.Remy Dean was born in Newport, Gwent, 1965, and now lives with his wife, daughter and dog in Snowdonia, where he teaches in the Arts department of a local college.
