Your life is designed to get the results you are getting right now.

People resist change and most are successful at doing so…unless and until something dramatic happens.  Health crises seem to be the most motivating but also losing a loved one can change the course of one’s life, as well. 

What do you call a person who is happy on Mondays?

Editor’s Note:  How the brain works simply fascinates me.  Of other such books I’ve read, Burton is a bit more readable.  And this particular topic engaged me since I’m from a long line of Irish who are “often mistaken but never in doubt”.  Burton’s concept also seems an argument in favor of moderation, a scarce commodity in our current political environment.