Companies aren’t families. They’re battlefields in a civil war.
CHARLES DUHIGGCompanies aren’t families. They’re battlefields in a civil war.
CHARLES DUHIGGHabits are malleable throughout your entire life.
CHARLES DUHIGGIf 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.
CHARLES DUHIGGHabits, scientists say, emerge because the brain is constantly looking for ways to save effort.
CHARLES DUHIGGWhat studies say the number one best way to start an exercise habit is to give yourself a reward that you genuinely enjoy.
CHARLES DUHIGGWillpower 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.
CHARLES DUHIGGHiding what you know is sometimes as important as knowing it.
CHARLES DUHIGGResearch suggests that investment bankers are more prone to commit fraud when they feel the competitor at their heels.
CHARLES DUHIGGThe cooperation of NASCAR – or any other system, it turns out – persists only when everyone believes he has the opportunity to win.
CHARLES DUHIGGIf you believe you can change – if you make it a habit – the change becomes real.
CHARLES DUHIGGSimply giving employees a sense of agency- a feeling that they are in control, that they have genuine decision-making authority – can radically increase how much energy and focus they bring to their jobs.
CHARLES DUHIGGBelief is easier when it occurs within a community.
CHARLES DUHIGGThe Golden Rule of Habit Change: You can’t extinguish a bad habit, you can only change it.
CHARLES DUHIGGIf you dress a new something in old habits, it’s easier for the public to accept it.
CHARLES DUHIGGMaking your bed every morning is correlated with better productivity, a greater sense of well-being, and stronger skills at sticking with a budget.
CHARLES DUHIGGThe 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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