Superhuman by Habit

Willpower is limited, Tynan argues, and even when built up slowly it never covers every goal. His answer is deliberate habit creation, which turns hard tasks into automatic ones that no longer draw on willpower. Everyone carries countless habits in how they work, treat others, see the world and think about themselves, and left unexamined, those habits can hinder as easily as help. The book covers the principles and philosophy of habit building alongside the practical mechanics of putting habits in place. Its second half works through particular habits across each major area of life, weighing the pros and cons of each and how to adopt it.

A reader of The CEO Library named it, through an anonymous form, as one of the three best books they read in 2019.