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The 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.

Charles Duhigg

Companies aren’t families. They’re battlefields in a civil war.
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Civil Company Family War
America is the Saudi Arabia of coal.
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Coal Country Power
Habits are malleable throughout your entire life.
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Change Habit Life Yourself
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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Community Creation Disbelief Experience Powerful Share
The Golden Rule of Habit Change: You can’t extinguish a bad habit, you can only change it.
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Bad Change Gold Habit Yourself
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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Best Enjoyment Exercise Genuine Reward Start Way
For a habit to stay changed, people must believe change is possible.
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Believe Change Habit People Possible Stay
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
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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Brain Difference Oneself Problem Reward Yourself
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
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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Expression Listening Music Personal Place Value
Research suggests that investment bankers are more prone to commit fraud when they feel the competitor at their heels.
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Commitment Competition Heel Investment Research
The more you focus, the more that focus becomes a habit.
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Focus Habit Yourself
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
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
Habits, scientists say, emerge because the brain is constantly looking for ways to save effort.
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Brain Effort Habit Save Science Way

The 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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The 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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