At some point, if you’re changing a really deep-seated behavior, you’re going to have a moment of weakness.
CHARLES DUHIGGOnce 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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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 something about it that makes other good habits easier.
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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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The more you focus, the more that focus becomes a habit.
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If you believe you can change – if you make it a habit – the change becomes real.
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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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This is the real power of habit: the insight that your habits are what you choose them to be.
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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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The cooperation of NASCAR – or any other system, it turns out – persists only when everyone believes he has the opportunity to win.
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Companies aren’t families. They’re battlefields in a civil war.
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For a habit to stay changed, people must believe change is possible.
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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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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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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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Since the 17th century, insurance agents have been the foremost experts on risk.
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