In 'Before and After,' I identify the sixteen strategies that we can use to make or break our habits. Some are quite familiar, such as 'Monitoring,' 'Scheduling,' and 'Convenience.' Some took me a lot of effort to identify, such as 'Thinking,' 'Identity,' and 'Clarity.'

If I pretend to myself that I'm different from the way I truly am, I'm going to make choices that won't make me happy.

There are no do overs and some things just aren't going to happen. It is a little sad but you just have to embrace what is

Volunteering to help others is the right thing to do, and it also boosts personal happiness

The biggest waste of time is to do well something that we need not do at all.

The more I examine the issue of clutter, the more effort I put into combating it, because it really does act as a weight.

Flawed can be more perfect than perfection.