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.
CHARLES DUHIGGThe 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 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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The Golden Rule of Habit Change: You can’t extinguish a bad habit, you can only change it.
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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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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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Making your bed every morning is correlated with better productivity, a greater sense of well-being, and stronger skills at sticking with a budget.
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Belief is easier when it occurs within a community.
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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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This is the real power of habit: the insight that your habits are what you choose them to be.
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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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The brain has this amazing ability to find happiness even when the memories of it are gone.
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If you believe you can change – if you make it a habit – the change becomes real.
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There’s something about it that makes other good habits 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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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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Research suggests that investment bankers are more prone to commit fraud when they feel the competitor at their heels.
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