Thinking back to your high school chemistry class, how much do you really remember? The way we are taught information and skills, and the way we learn and absorb knowledge are vastly different. Even when we get to choose the subject and it is something we are genuinely interested in learning, we find that the information has slipped from our memories.

Is it possible to make small tweaks to what you are already doing to create big change? Who doesn’t want to make minimal effort to go from good to great? This small book walks the talk of being small itself and yet identifies achievable ways to help you make big changes.

“Barking Up the Wrong Tree,” by Erick Barker, is a strategic map for how to be successful. Written with so many references to research and other books, it is a kind of meta-review of the best of current behavioral research, illustrated with compelling stories.