Research suggests that investment bankers are more prone to commit fraud when they feel the competitor at their heels.
CHARLES DUHIGGOnce 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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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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The best agencies understood the importance of routines. The worst agencies were headed by people who never thought about it, and then wondered why no one followed their orders.
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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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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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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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Habits, scientists say, emerge because the brain is constantly looking for ways to save effort.
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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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The Golden Rule of Habit Change: You can’t extinguish a bad habit, you can only change it.
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For a habit to stay changed, people must believe change is possible.
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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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Change might not be fast and it isn’t always easy. But with time and effort, almost any habit can be reshaped.
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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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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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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 want to do something that requires willpower – like going for a run after work – you have to conserve your willpower muscle during the day.
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