Belief is easier when it occurs within a community.
CHARLES DUHIGGHiding what you know is sometimes as important as knowing it.
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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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If you tell people that they have what it takes to succeed, they’ll prove you right.
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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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There’s something about it that makes other good habits easier.
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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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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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The brain has this amazing ability to find happiness even when the memories of it are gone.
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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 believe you can change – if you make it a habit – the change becomes real.
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Self-discipline has a bigger effect on academic performance than does intellectual talent.
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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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There’s something really powerful about groups and shared experiences. People might be skeptical about their ability to change if they’re by themselves, but a group will convince them to suspend disbelief. A community creates belief.
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America is the Saudi Arabia of coal.
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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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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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