The cooperation of NASCAR – or any other system, it turns out – persists only when everyone believes he has the opportunity to win.
CHARLES DUHIGGThe 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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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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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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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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Small wins are a steady application of a small advantage.
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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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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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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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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 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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Cravings are what drive habits. And figuring out how to spark a craving makes creating a new habit easier.
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The brain has this amazing ability to find happiness even when the memories of it are gone.
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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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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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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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