Building a better you In How to Change, Wharton professor Katy Milkman delves into the science that can help us make changes stick. How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be by Katy Milkman, Portfolio, 2021 A crisis — such as the COVID-19 pandemic — changes the way we lead our lives, often substantially. But when it’s over and things begin to return to normal, how many of the positive changes will stick? Will we continue to spend more time with family and exercise more regularly? And how do we overcome the very human tendencies toward temptation, laziness, under-confidence, or forgetfulness?