The brain has this amazing ability to find happiness even when the memories of it are gone.
CHARLES DUHIGGThe 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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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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Companies aren’t families. They’re battlefields in a civil war.
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America is the Saudi Arabia of coal.
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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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The Golden Rule of Habit Change: You can’t extinguish a bad habit, you can only change it.
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If you believe you can change – if you make it a habit – the change becomes real.
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The more you focus, the more that focus becomes a habit.
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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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Small wins are a steady application of a small advantage.
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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, scientists say, emerge because the brain is constantly looking for ways to save effort.
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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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Self-discipline has a bigger effect on academic performance than does intellectual talent.
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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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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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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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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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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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If you dress a new something in old habits, it’s easier for the public to accept it.
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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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Hiding what you know is sometimes as important as knowing it.
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Simply giving employees a sense of agency- a feeling that they are in control, that they have genuine decision-making authority – can radically increase how much energy and focus they bring to their jobs.
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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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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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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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For a habit to stay changed, people must believe change is possible.
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