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 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 DUHIGGMost of the choices we make each day may feel like the products of well-considered decision making, but they’re not. They’re habits.
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 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 DUHIGGResearch suggests that investment bankers are more prone to commit fraud when they feel the competitor at their heels.
CHARLES DUHIGGThe more you focus, the more that focus becomes a habit.
CHARLES DUHIGGI 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.
CHARLES DUHIGGOnce you understand that habits can change, you have the freedom and the responsibility to remake them. Once you understand that habits can be rebuilt, the power of habit becomes easier to grasp and the only option left is to get to work.
CHARLES DUHIGGCravings are what drive habits. And figuring out how to spark a craving makes creating a new habit easier.
CHARLES DUHIGGIf you believe you can change – if you make it a habit – the change becomes real.
CHARLES DUHIGGSince the 17th century, insurance agents have been the foremost experts on risk.
CHARLES DUHIGGIf you dress a new something in old habits, it’s easier for the public to accept it.
CHARLES DUHIGGThere’s something about it that makes other good habits easier.
CHARLES DUHIGGSome say because music is as much about personal expression as listening pleasure, sharing is integral to why songs have value in the first place.
CHARLES DUHIGGHabits are malleable throughout your entire life.
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