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.
CHARLES DUHIGGThe more you focus, the more that focus becomes a habit.
More Charles Duhigg Quotes
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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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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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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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If you dress a new something in old habits, it’s easier for the public to accept it.
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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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If you believe you can change – if you make it a habit – the change becomes real.
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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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If you tell people that they have what it takes to succeed, they’ll prove you right.
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There’s something about it that makes other good habits 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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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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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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Habits are malleable throughout your entire life.
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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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For a habit to stay changed, people must believe change is possible.
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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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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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Self-discipline has a bigger effect on academic performance than does intellectual talent.
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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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Belief is easier when it occurs within a community.
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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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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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Small wins are a steady application of a small advantage.
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America is the Saudi Arabia of coal.
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Between calculated risk and reckless decision-making lies the dividing line between profit and loss.
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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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