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.
CHARLES DUHIGGWhen people have a willpower failure, it’s because they haven’t anticipated a situation that’s going to come along.
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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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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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Simply 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.
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For a habit to stay changed, people must believe change is possible.
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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.
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Rather, to change a habit, you must keep the old cue, and deliver the old reward, but insert a new routine.
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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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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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Between calculated risk and reckless decision-making lies the dividing line between profit and loss.
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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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Belief is easier when it occurs within a community.
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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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America is the Saudi Arabia of coal.
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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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Hiding what you know is sometimes as important as knowing it.
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