The Golden Rule of Habit Change: You can’t extinguish a bad habit, you can only change it.
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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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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There’s something about it that makes other good habits easier.
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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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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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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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If you tell people that they have what it takes to succeed, they’ll prove you right.
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If you want to do something that requires willpower – like going for a run after work – you have to conserve your willpower muscle during the day.
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Between calculated risk and reckless decision-making lies the dividing line between profit and loss.
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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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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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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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Hiding what you know is sometimes as important as knowing it.
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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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Small wins are a steady application of a small advantage.
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Companies aren’t families. They’re battlefields in a civil war.
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