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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.

Charles Duhigg

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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Fight Friendship Natural Sympathy Treat
For a habit to stay changed, people must believe change is possible.
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Believe Change Habit People Possible Stay
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.
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Alcohol Behaviour Change Drive Effort Reality Smoking Understand
This is the real power of habit: the insight that your habits are what you choose them to be.
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Choice Power Reality Yourself
Habits, scientists say, emerge because the brain is constantly looking for ways to save effort.
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Brain Effort Habit Save Science Way
If you believe you can change – if you make it a habit – the change becomes real.
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Believe Change Habit Reality Yourself
Research suggests that investment bankers are more prone to commit fraud when they feel the competitor at their heels.
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Commitment Competition Heel Investment Research
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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Behavior Change Moments Point Weakness
Since the 17th century, insurance agents have been the foremost experts on risk.
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Agent Expert Insurance Risk
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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Bed Better Budget Morning Production Strong
If you dress a new something in old habits, it’s easier for the public to accept it.
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Acceptance Habit Public Yourself
America is the Saudi Arabia of coal.
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Coal Country Power
Cravings are what drive habits. And figuring out how to spark a craving makes creating a new habit easier.
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Anand Thakur
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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Expression Listening Music Personal Place Value
Habits are malleable throughout your entire life.
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Change Habit Life Yourself
Small wins are a steady application of a small advantage.
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Advantage Application Small Win

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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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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