Science needs to study self-motivation much more. A valuable aspect of the following 10 steps is a simple system for analyzing your problem into five parts, which, in turn, will help you develop a comprehensive plan for changing yourself. This system, described in step 3, will help you understand any problem situation. This same 5-part system of analysis is also used in chapters 3 to 10 to help you understand how specific problems may have developed, are maintained, and could be changed. Then, chapters 11 to 15 describe in a simple cookbook manner how you can apply many different self-help procedures to each of the five parts of your problem.
Every chapter starts with a detailed index.
Learning self-control is not easy, if it were, humans would have mastered it 35,000 years ago. When you have trouble changing, there are a lot of helpful people, books, videos, professionals, and groups that would be glad to help. I try to point you towards several sources of help. Sometimes, you can omit measuring your progress or analyzing the problem into parts or setting goals or some other steps. This is because sometimes, the desired change is very easy to make, as though it is just waiting for an excuse to change.