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.
CHARLES DUHIGGSince the 17th century, insurance agents have been the foremost experts on risk.
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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 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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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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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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For a habit to stay changed, people must believe change is possible.
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Hiding what you know is sometimes as important as knowing it.
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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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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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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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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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If you tell people that they have what it takes to succeed, they’ll prove you right.
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The more you focus, the more that focus becomes a habit.
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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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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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