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Companies aren’t families. They’re battlefields in a civil war.

Charles Duhigg

Since the 17th century, insurance agents have been the foremost experts on risk.
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Agent Expert Insurance Risk
The brain has this amazing ability to find happiness even when the memories of it are gone.
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Ability Amazing Finding Happiness Memories
America is the Saudi Arabia of coal.
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Coal Country Power
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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Fight Friendship Natural Sympathy Treat
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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Conservation Day Run Willpower Work
If you believe you can change – if you make it a habit – the change becomes real.
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Believe Change Habit Reality Yourself
If you dress a new something in old habits, it’s easier for the public to accept it.
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Acceptance Habit Public Yourself
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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Hard Work Power Skill Tired Willpower
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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Bed Better Budget Morning Production Strong
Habits are malleable throughout your entire life.
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Change Habit Life Yourself
For a habit to stay changed, people must believe change is possible.
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Believe Change Habit People Possible Stay
The more you focus, the more that focus becomes a habit.
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Focus Habit Yourself
Small wins are a steady application of a small advantage.
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Advantage Application Small Win
Companies aren’t families. They’re battlefields in a civil war.
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Civil Company Family War
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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Alcohol Behaviour Change Drive Effort Reality Smoking Understand
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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Behavior Change Moments Point Weakness

Companies aren’t families. They’re battlefields in a civil war.

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