The best agencies understood the importance of routines. The worst agencies were headed by people who never thought about it, and then wondered why no one followed their orders.
CHARLES DUHIGGMost 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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Companies aren’t families. They’re battlefields in a civil war.
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For a habit to stay changed, people must believe change is possible.
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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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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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If you believe you can change – if you make it a habit – the change becomes real.
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There’s something about it that makes other good habits easier.
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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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Research suggests that investment bankers are more prone to commit fraud when they feel the competitor at their heels.
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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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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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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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Small wins are a steady application of a small advantage.
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Once you understand that habits can change, you have the freedom and the responsibility to remake them. Once you understand that habits can be rebuilt, the power of habit becomes easier to grasp and the only option left is to get to work.
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Hiding what you know is sometimes as important as knowing it.
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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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