New essay in 'Entrepreneur'

'3 Ways That Chaos Can Help You Break Bad Habits'

Entrepreneur Magazine has just published a short essay I wrote on habits; it contains some of the themes I expand on in Getting Out of Control. An excerpt:

[I]mproving ourselves starts with understanding what we can and cannot control. Sheer willpower isn’t enough for significant change. Instead, we must work persistently and incrementally to turn the behaviors we desire into habits, relieving our conscious mind and setting a path for our future selves to follow.

If we increase our awareness of what we do and think of improvement as a process rather than an outcome, we can build better habits, shape our environment, and change ourselves.

Read the whole thing here.