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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.

Charles Duhigg

At some point, if you’re changing a really deep-seated behavior, you’re going to have a moment of weakness.
CHARLES DUHIGG

Behavior Change Moments Point Weakness
Habits are malleable throughout your entire life.
CHARLES DUHIGG

Change Habit Life Yourself
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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Community Creation Disbelief Experience Powerful Share
Since the 17th century, insurance agents have been the foremost experts on risk.
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Agent Expert Insurance Risk
Self-discipline has a bigger effect on academic performance than does intellectual talent.
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Anand Thakur
America is the Saudi Arabia of coal.
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Coal Country Power
The more you focus, the more that focus becomes a habit.
CHARLES DUHIGG

Focus Habit Yourself
I 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.
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Goodness Known Myself Smart Special Thinking
If you tell people that they have what it takes to succeed, they’ll prove you right.
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People Right Success Yourself
If you believe you can change – if you make it a habit – the change becomes real.
CHARLES DUHIGG

Believe Change Habit Reality Yourself
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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Agency Authority Decision Employee Energy Job Simplicity
Cravings are what drive habits. And figuring out how to spark a craving makes creating a new habit easier.
CHARLES DUHIGG

Anand Thakur
Companies aren’t families. They’re battlefields in a civil war.
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Civil Company Family War
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
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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Change Easy Effort Fast Shape Time
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.
CHARLES DUHIGG

Alcohol Behaviour Change Drive Effort Reality Smoking Understand

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