Since the 17th century, insurance agents have been the foremost experts on risk.
CHARLES DUHIGGBelief is easier when it occurs within a community.
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Between calculated risk and reckless decision-making lies the dividing line between profit and loss.
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There’s something about it that makes other good habits easier.
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The best agencies understood the importance of routines. The worst agencies were headed by people who never thought about it, and then wondered why no one followed their orders.
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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 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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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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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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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 biggest moment of flexibility in our shopping habits is when we have a child, because when you think about it, all of your old routines sort of go out the window, and suddenly a marketer can come in and sell you new kinds of things.
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The more you focus, the more that focus becomes a habit.
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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 are malleable throughout your entire life.
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If you believe you can change – if you make it a habit – the change becomes real.
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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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