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The more you focus, the more that focus becomes a habit.

Charles Duhigg

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
If you believe you can change – if you make it a habit – the change becomes real.
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Believe Change Habit Reality Yourself
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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Failure People Situation Willpower Yourself
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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Behavior Change Moments Point Weakness
Self-discipline has a bigger effect on academic performance than does intellectual talent.
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Anand Thakur
Habits are malleable throughout your entire life.
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Change Habit Life Yourself
America is the Saudi Arabia of coal.
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Coal Country Power
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
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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Hard Work Power Skill Tired Willpower
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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Best Enjoyment Exercise Genuine Reward Start Way
If you dress a new something in old habits, it’s easier for the public to accept it.
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Acceptance Habit Public Yourself
Since the 17th century, insurance agents have been the foremost experts on risk.
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Agent Expert Insurance Risk
Habits, scientists say, emerge because the brain is constantly looking for ways to save effort.
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Brain Effort Habit Save Science Way
Cravings are what drive habits. And figuring out how to spark a craving makes creating a new habit easier.
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Anand Thakur
Small wins are a steady application of a small advantage.
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Advantage Application Small Win
Companies aren’t families. They’re battlefields in a civil war.
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Civil Company Family War

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