If you believe you can change – if you make it a habit – the change becomes real.
CHARLES DUHIGGFor a habit to stay changed, people must believe change is possible.
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There’s something about it that makes other good habits easier.
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The cooperation of NASCAR – or any other system, it turns out – persists only when everyone believes he has the opportunity to win.
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Between calculated risk and reckless decision-making lies the dividing line between profit and loss.
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Belief is easier when it occurs within a community.
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Habits, scientists say, emerge because the brain is constantly looking for ways to save effort.
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Champions don’t do extraordinary things. They do ordinary things, but they do them without thinking, too fast for the orther team to react. They follow the habits they’ve learned.
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For a habit to stay changed, people must believe change is possible.
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If you tell people that they have what it takes to succeed, they’ll prove you right.
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Habits are malleable throughout your entire life.
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Cravings are what drive habits. And figuring out how to spark a craving makes creating a new habit easier.
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There’s a natural instinct embedded in friendship, a sympathy that makes us willing to fight for someone we like when they are treated unjustly.
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Self-discipline has a bigger effect on academic performance than does intellectual talent.
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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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If you dress a new something in old habits, it’s easier for the public to accept it.
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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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The more you focus, the more that focus becomes a habit.
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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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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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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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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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The Golden Rule of Habit Change: You can’t extinguish a bad habit, you can only change it.
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At some point, if you’re changing a really deep-seated behavior, you’re going to have a moment of weakness.
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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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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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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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Companies aren’t families. They’re battlefields in a civil war.
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