How to Be Good at Life PRE-ORDER

PRE-ORDER RELEASE DATE: 08 OCTOBER 2026

 

If you’re putting in the w ork, trying to build better habits and still not seeing results, the problem could lie deeper – in the ‘systems’ that govern our everyday lives.

While habits are great building blocks, mindlessly piling them up leads to burnout. To make sustainable life changes, we need a stronger foundation. We need systems that are thoughtfully designed, holistic and intentional.

Ben Meer’s transformative new approach breaks down just that, showing you how
to:

1. Create simple, flexible systems that suit your specific life goals.
2. Cut the surface-level solutions and tackle your problems at the root.
3. Master ‘System Sunday’, the breakthrough weekly ritual of slowing down and reevaluating your life across the Seven Life Engines: Health, Emotions, Mind, People,
   Career, Money and Environment.

Every chapter comes with a ready-to-use and easy-to-follow system. Whether it’s your career, finance, fitness, relationships or creative projects, if you’re backed up by resilient systems, you can focus on truly living and enjoying life.

For fans of James Clear, Cal New port and Oliver Burkeman, How to Be Good at Life provides the tools to move beyond isolated and unorganized habits, empow ering you
to live by design instead of by default.

"We like to think success comes from discipline, but more often it comes from the systems w e build. This book is a practical guide to designing the life you actually want" - Nir Eyal, bestselling author of Indistractable "Tired of procrastination and living below your potential? The solution is here, in Ben Meer’s readable and practical How to Be Good at Life. Read this book today to find your path to a better, more organized life" - Arthur C. Brooks, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of The Meaning of Your Life "Systems are more pow erful and more effective than mere habits. Ben Meer offers practical, tactical and proven techniques on how to invest your time, not just spend it" - Seth Godin, bestselling author of This is Marketing "In a w orld obsessed w ith goals, How to Be Good at Life offers a practical and refreshingly clear approach to designing your life with intention. Ben Meer show s how systems can help us learn, adapt and make meaningful progress w ithout mindlessly pushing harder" - Anne-Laure Le Cunff, neuroscientist and author of Tiny Experiments PAN MACMILLAN

Ben Meer is a systems expert, author and coach recognized by Forbes as ‘The Systems Guy’. He is the creator of the popular System Sunday newsletter that has 225k+ subscribers and a social media following of 2 million people. After earning his MBA from Cornell University, he became a management consultant, advising Fortune 500 companies on how to optimize their systems. Tired of ‘non-actionable life advice’, he launched System Sunday to teach others how to live by design, not by default. He lives in Woodstock, Vermont. How to Be Good at Life is his first book.