Member Review

When I read the blurb for this book I thought that it sounded so much like me that I had to read it! I often don’t finish things because I am tempted by a new idea so I thought there could be some useful lessons here for me.

The book is very insightful and leads the reader through all the reasons we might swipe from one thing to another, and also looks at the different types of swiper and reasons behind why we swipe. There is also some psychology and a deeper look at what happens in the brain when we swipe, and what makes swiping a more attractive option than finishing something.

Like most books of this type, most of the content is taken up with the what and why, with the ‘how to fix it’ saved for the last chapter. However, dotted throughout the book are side boxes with information about how to stop swiping so you never feel like all the juicy stuff is kept until the end.

Reading this book will not automatically stop you from swiping - unfortunately, you have to do the work for that! But reading this book will help you understand why you behave as you do and steps you can take to recognise and then change that behaviour.

I would highly recommend this book to anyone who suffers with not being able to finish what they start, who keeps being distracted or who suffer with ‘shiny object syndrome’. All these are learned habits that absolutely can be unlearned, with a fair bit of work and guidance from this book.

With thanks to Netgalley and Amplify Publishing for an advance review copy. All opinions are my own.