The strength of this book is in its practicality. It's not vague on the details. It's specific in its recommendations and tells you how to do each one as well as what to expect, and when to expect it. Which means I can actually implement this stuff. For example, he talks about building a habit of daily meditation. He gives specifics about how to do this. He tells you why you would want to do this from a practical non-"woo woo" perspective. Then he tells you how long you should follow this practice to start to see results. Without that extra info (which is normally left out by other books), I am usually trying something and then dropping it when I don't see results. Or trying something and not knowing what results I should be looking for.

The first half of the book is focused on the skill of building a habit in general, hacks, and pitfalls to watch out for. It's quite good and thorough on the subject. (I've read a number of habit and behavior change books.)

But to me, the second half of the book is the best (though I guess you need the first part to prepare you for the second). The second part is like looking through a list of superpowers and deciding which ones I want to give myself. I was seriously giddy. It's a list of a bunch of different habits that you could build for yourself, why you would want to, how to do it, and what to expect from the results. It's organized by topic with titles in each, so you can skip ones that you already mastered.

Again, great book. I'm already trying this stuff out, and more importantly know when I should be expecting to see results.

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