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Homecoming and The Power of Habit Books Review

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By Mehedi Hasan ShawonPublished 2 years ago 3 min read
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The Ghanaian American author Yaa Gyasi wrote a historical fiction novel, "Homegoing". It was published in 2016. Two daughters Asante and Maame are each of different descent. Married to British Governor James Collins, his half-sister, who was separated by circumstances.

The British governor, Afia, is in charge of Cape Coast Castle. He is imprisoned by his honest sister AC in the dungeon below. In the next scene of the story, they talk about their children and the next generation.

In 2016, the novel was nominated for a National Book Foundation Award. Won the Leonard Prize for National Book Critics Circle, Best and First Book. It was shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Award. In 2017, it won the Penn Foundation Award. Wilson won the award for creativity in American literature.

In September 2016, it was shortlisted for the National Book Foundation Award for Best 35 Books. In 2016, he was shortlisted for the Center for Fiction Awards.

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The Power of Habit Book Review

"The Power of Habit" is also a self-development book. It was written by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Charles Duhig, as a best-selling book. The book was on the best-selling list in the New York Times for 120 consecutive weeks.

By applying the teachings of this book many people have improved economically and socially and have overcome laziness. Many have come out of drug addiction.

At the beginning of the book, the author talks about a woman named "Lisa". Who is addicted to excessive cigarettes? Everything was going badly for her. The woman had a lot of debt. He had no control over and had fitness problems.

Extremely lazy and incompetent "Lisa" travels to Egypt and decides that she will travel to the desert exactly one year later. So he decided to give up his bad habits. At first, she decided to quit smoking.

But with that comes some bad habits. For example: eating on time, going to bed, waking up, exercising and increasing body fitness, etc.

As a result, he got a lot of positive results. She has an attractive appearance. Laziness decreased due to doing all the work according to the routine.

He had a good job. He was able to repay all the loans and deposit extra money in the bank. His performance in everything increased significantly.

The author thinks that the book can benefit a person in three ways. E.g.

1. The way the habit works. The practice works in three ways, guessing, doing routine, and rewarding!

2. Being one of the three steps, routine. How to use it to change bad habits.

3. Ways to strengthen your will. Through this, you will be able to do whatever you want with yourself.

The connections between the functions of our body and mind occur through neurons. Functions between the body and the mind are coordinated by neurons in the brain.

The brain has numerous neural pathways for every action and thought. The more you think about a task, the wider and smoother the pathway of your brain will be. Conversely, if you do not do a task, the brain neurons close the pathway to that task and become uneven and narrow.

So if you want to change your habits, you need to change your routine. And before you get used to the new routine, the tasks in the routine have to be followed according to the rules.

The author thinks that implementing habits is not always easy. Sometimes small willpower can implement a habit and some habits require much more willpower.

The book "Power of Habit" actually serves as a guideline for success in life by applying our habits. So I hope you will read the book at least once.

It is a great motivational book of all time. If you read, you will learn many things. So I would suggest you read this book.

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