Holding brain science in one hand and rich emotional presence in the other this book feels timely and necessary.Shauna Niequist New York Times bestselling author of Present Over Perfect Why is there such a gap between what you want to do and what you actually do The host of Ask Science Mike explains why our desires and our real lives are so wildly differentand what you can do to close the gap. For thousands of years scientists philosophers and selfhelp gurus have wrestled with one of the basic conundrums of human life Why do we do the things we do Or rather why do we so often not do the things we want to do As a podcast host whose voice goes out to millions each month Mike McHargue gets countless s from people seeking to understand their own misbehaviorwhy we binge on Netflix when we know taking a walk outside would be better for us or why we argue politics on Facebook when our real friends live just down the street. Everyone wants to be a good person but few of us twenty years into the new millennium have any idea how to do that.