註釋 Why is it so important to understand how habits develop? What is the science of change? What is the emerging evidence from scientific research on this topic? In this guide you will find a simple, clear and comprehensive explanation of how the psychology of change works. When we consciously decide to change, something happens inside our minds. But few are really able to explain what happens during this process. Science has shown that acquiring new positive habits and changing undesirable aspects of one's life goes through precise strategies of awareness, planning, action and maintenance. This guide takes the reader by the hand and takes him or her through four gradual steps, which highlight the key points: - what change is and how it works; - how the mind works in the face of change; - how to adopt new behaviours and ways of thinking; - how to sustain change and how to make it stable over time. Learning how to change in a functional and effective way is a skill that can be learned by anyone, but only if they have adequate knowledge and put it into practice. This guide is accompanied by numerous invitations to self-analysis and practical exercises, so as to offer the reader a true personal development path.