Research suggests that investment bankers are more prone to commit fraud when they feel the competitor at their heels.
CHARLES DUHIGGRather, to change a habit, you must keep the old cue, and deliver the old reward, but insert a new routine.
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Between calculated risk and reckless decision-making lies the dividing line between profit and loss.
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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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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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Self-discipline has a bigger effect on academic performance than does intellectual talent.
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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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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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Companies aren’t families. They’re battlefields in a civil war.
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If you believe you can change – if you make it a habit – the change becomes real.
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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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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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Cravings are what drive habits. And figuring out how to spark a craving makes creating a new habit easier.
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Hiding what you know is sometimes as important as knowing it.
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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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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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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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