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.
CHARLES DUHIGGCompanies aren’t families. They’re battlefields in a civil war.
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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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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 Golden Rule of Habit Change: You can’t extinguish a bad habit, you can only change it.
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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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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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This is the real power of habit: the insight that your habits are what you choose them to be.
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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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Hiding what you know is sometimes as important as knowing it.
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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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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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Research suggests that investment bankers are more prone to commit fraud when they feel the competitor at their heels.
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Companies aren’t families. They’re battlefields in a civil war.
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If you believe you can change – if you make it a habit – the change becomes real.
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Belief is easier when it occurs within a community.
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Self-discipline has a bigger effect on academic performance than does intellectual talent.
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