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.
CHARLES DUHIGGThere’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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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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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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What studies say the number one best way to start an exercise habit is to give yourself a reward that you genuinely enjoy.
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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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Research suggests that investment bankers are more prone to commit fraud when they feel the competitor at their heels.
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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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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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Cravings are what drive habits. And figuring out how to spark a craving makes creating a new habit easier.
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Hiding what you know is sometimes as important as knowing it.
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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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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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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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If you believe you can change – if you make it a habit – the change becomes real.
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For a habit to stay changed, people must believe change is possible.
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Small wins are a steady application of a small advantage.
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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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Belief is easier when it occurs within a community.
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The more you focus, the more that focus becomes a habit.
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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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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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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 dress a new something in old habits, it’s easier for the public to accept it.
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Between calculated risk and reckless decision-making lies the dividing line between profit and loss.
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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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Companies aren’t families. They’re battlefields in a civil war.
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The biggest moment of flexibility in our shopping habits is when we have a child, because when you think about it, all of your old routines sort of go out the window, and suddenly a marketer can come in and sell you new kinds of things.
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