Better Than Before: What I Learned About Making and Breaking Habits--to Sleep More, Quit Sugar, Procrastinate Less, and Generally Build a Happier Life

by Gretchen Rubin

self-sabotage. Instead of doing his best work and being judged, he does it at the last minute. That way, if he does well, he can say, ‘I’m so brilliant that I do well even when I throw something together,’ and if he does poorly, he can say, ‘What do you expect? I did that work in two days.’ ” It was time for