From time to time, we all ask ourselves questions like: Why do I wait until the very last minute to finish a project even though it causes me anxiety? Why do I reach for a second piece of cake when I know I will regret eating it? Why do I make the same bad decisions over and over again? Well, Dennis Wholey, the New York Times bestselling author of The Courage to Change and host of PBS’s "This Is America" and "I Believe" says there are many reasons we continue to do things we know will eventually make us miserable. Some of those reasons may have originated as early as childhood, while others may be the result of low self-esteem.

Wholey joins forces with a team of experts in Why Do I Keep Doing That? Why Do I Keep Doing That? and covers real-life examples of different negative behaviors and lifestyles, questionnaires, evaluations, and “personal inventories” that help us dig into our own lives and backgrounds to find the answers we need.

This insightful book has helped me figure out why I do some of the things I do, and I’m sure it will help you find the answers to your own questions. I chose this book as my “Editor’s Pick” for January so that we can all start the New Year off by gaining some insight into why we tend to engage in repetitive negative behavior and thereby empower ourselves with the answers to help us finally stop.