At some point, if you’re changing a really deep-seated behavior, you’re going to have a moment of weakness.
CHARLES DUHIGGIf you dress a new something in old habits, it’s easier for the public to accept it.
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What studies say the number one best way to start an exercise habit is to give yourself a reward that you genuinely enjoy.
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The same process that makes AA so effective-the power of a group to teach individuals how to believe-happens whenever people come together to help one another change. Belief is easier when it occurs within a community.
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If you dress a new something in old habits, it’s easier for the public to accept it.
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The problem is that your brain can’t tell the difference between bad and good habits, and so if you have a bad one, it’s always lurking there, waiting for the right cues and rewards.
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America is the Saudi Arabia of coal.
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Research suggests that investment bankers are more prone to commit fraud when they feel the competitor at their heels.
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There’s something about it that makes other good habits easier.
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Habits are malleable throughout your entire life.
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This is the real power of habit: the insight that your habits are what you choose them to be.
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Making your bed every morning is correlated with better productivity, a greater sense of well-being, and stronger skills at sticking with a budget.
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Habits, scientists say, emerge because the brain is constantly looking for ways to save effort.
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I think I’m smart, and I know I was a good mom. But there wasn’t a lot I could point to and say, that’s why I’m special.
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Self-discipline has a bigger effect on academic performance than does intellectual talent.
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Most of the choices we make each day may feel like the products of well-considered decision making, but they’re not. They’re habits.
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The biggest moment of flexibility in our shopping habits is when we have a child, because when you think about it, all of your old routines sort of go out the window, and suddenly a marketer can come in and sell you new kinds of things.
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There’s something really powerful about groups and shared experiences. People might be skeptical about their ability to change if they’re by themselves, but a group will convince them to suspend disbelief. A community creates belief.
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The waste from power plants is essentially what is left over when you burn coal. And as we all know, coal is a relatively dirty mineral.
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Companies aren’t families. They’re battlefields in a civil war.
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Some say because music is as much about personal expression as listening pleasure, sharing is integral to why songs have value in the first place.
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Once you understand that habits can change, you have the freedom and the responsibility to remake them. Once you understand that habits can be rebuilt, the power of habit becomes easier to grasp and the only option left is to get to work.
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Rather, to change a habit, you must keep the old cue, and deliver the old reward, but insert a new routine.
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If you believe you can change – if you make it a habit – the change becomes real.
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Willpower isn’t just a skill. It’s a muscle, like the muscles in your arms or legs, and it gets tired as it works harder, so there’s less power left over for other things.
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The brain has this amazing ability to find happiness even when the memories of it are gone.
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When people have a willpower failure, it’s because they haven’t anticipated a situation that’s going to come along.
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It is facile to imply that smoking, alcoholism, overeating, or other ingrained patters can be upended without real effort. Genuine change requires work and self-understanding of the cravings driving behaviours.
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