Mahatma Gandhi once, very famously, said: be the change you wish to see in the world. But for many of us, it is not quite so simple. So why is it so hard for many of us to effect change in our lives? Is it a lack of dedication, discipline, or will power? Or is it more of a result of circumstance? In the book Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard, authors Dan Heath and Chip Heath attempt to help us learn the answers to those questions, and affect real, significant, and lasting change in both ourselves, as well as the world in which we live.

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