Hi, it’s Diana from Healthy Seniors, and I’m continuing my series on books I’ve read and enjoyed.
This time I’m sharing How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be by Katy Milkman. And I’ll be honest with you — I wasn’t sure what to expect when I picked it up. Books about self-improvement can feel preachy or full of advice that sounds good in theory but falls apart in real life.
This one is different. Milkman is a behavioral scientist and professor at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and she has spent her career studying not what people should do, but why they don’t — and what actually works to close that gap. The result is one of the most practical and genuinely useful books I’ve read in years.
If you’ve ever set a goal you didn’t reach, started a habit you couldn’t keep, or wanted to make a change and couldn’t quite get started — this book is for you. Which means it’s for almost all of us.
