Table of Contents

UNWANTED HABITS:  WHAT WE DO AND WHY WE KEEP DOING IT

1. Habits Make Us Do It
2. You Are What You Choose, Not Your Habits
3. Habitual Impulses
4. Sometimes You Manage Your Impulses
5. The Anatomy of Self-Management
6. Mind, Brain, and Behavior
7. Brain Knows and Decides Before We Do
8. How Mind and Brain Interact
9. Emotions Make It Possible to Decide
10. How Brains Construct Reactions and Emotions
11. Why You React the Way You Do
12. Putting It All Together

HOW TO ACT FROM CHOICE

13. Introduction to the Act from Choice Method
14. T Is for the Truth of What Happens
15. O Is for Objective
16. M Is for Motivation
17. Decide Whether to Commit
18. C Is for Commitment
19. A Is for Awareness
20. P Is for Plan
21. Simple Plans for Cold Habits
22. Complex Plans for Hot Habits
23. How to Cultivate Your Values by Managing
    Unwanted Attitudes

AFTERWORD: Be How You Mean to Be

Introduction
Highlights of the Act from Choice Method
Tools to Use During Pause and Choose
About Certain Emotions
Slogans, Mantras and Aphorisms
Developing Greater Awareness

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
NOTES
BIBILIOGRAPHY
INDEX
THE AUTHOR