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Nov 27, 2024
Super Habits Can Change Your Life
Dr. Andrew Abela, author, college professor
When we think of leaving a legacy for our grandchildren, lofty goals often take a back burner to simple things like honesty and integrity. Yet, for too many of us, our successes can be undermined by a life filled with unhappiness and regret.
Dr. Andrew Abela saw the chronic discontent all around and sought to create a way to help people see what ancient philosophers saw. Namely, pursuing virtue can change our entire life. Dr. Abela shows us how applying time-honored small steps in everyday life can propel us into a better life story worthy of a lasting legacy.
Superhabits: The Universal System for a Successful Life by Dr. Andrew Abela shows how attaining virtue does not require exhaustive trial and error but rather, steady daily practice, which is available to everyone. He explains how the genius of a thirteenth-century philosopher-monk codified super habits into a veritable human operating system where learning to practice self-discipline in small steps becomes the hallmark to successful transformation. Using current real-life stories, Dr. Abela demonstrates how developing the super habit of virtue can not only transform our own life, but our culture as well.
Dr. Abela is the founding dean of the Busch School of Business at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. His award-winning, widely-cited research on integrity and effectiveness in business has been published in several academic journals and in three books. He speaks to business leaders around the world about cultivating the super habits of success personally and in their organizations. Prior to his academic career, Dr. Abela was a brand manager at Procter & Gamble, management consultant with McKinsey & Company, and Managing Director at the Corporate Executive Board. He holds an MBA from the Institute for Management Development in Switzerland and a Ph.D. from the Darden Business School at the University of Virginia. He and his wife, Kathleen, live in Great Falls, Virginia, and have been blessed with six children and their first grandchild.
Resources:
When we think of leaving a legacy for our grandchildren, lofty goals often take a back burner to simple things like honesty and integrity. Yet, for too many of us, our successes can be undermined by a life filled with unhappiness and regret.
Dr. Andrew Abela saw the chronic discontent all around and sought to create a way to help people see what ancient philosophers saw. Namely, pursuing virtue can change our entire life. Dr. Abela shows us how applying time-honored small steps in everyday life can propel us into a better life story worthy of a lasting legacy.
Superhabits: The Universal System for a Successful Life by Dr. Andrew Abela shows how attaining virtue does not require exhaustive trial and error but rather, steady daily practice, which is available to everyone. He explains how the genius of a thirteenth-century philosopher-monk codified super habits into a veritable human operating system where learning to practice self-discipline in small steps becomes the hallmark to successful transformation. Using current real-life stories, Dr. Abela demonstrates how developing the super habit of virtue can not only transform our own life, but our culture as well.
Dr. Abela is the founding dean of the Busch School of Business at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. His award-winning, widely-cited research on integrity and effectiveness in business has been published in several academic journals and in three books. He speaks to business leaders around the world about cultivating the super habits of success personally and in their organizations. Prior to his academic career, Dr. Abela was a brand manager at Procter & Gamble, management consultant with McKinsey & Company, and Managing Director at the Corporate Executive Board. He holds an MBA from the Institute for Management Development in Switzerland and a Ph.D. from the Darden Business School at the University of Virginia. He and his wife, Kathleen, live in Great Falls, Virginia, and have been blessed with six children and their first grandchild.
Resources:
- Dr. Abela's faculty profile on Catholic University of America website
- Superhabits: The Universal System for a Successful Life, published by Sophia Institute Press
