Companies aren’t families. They’re battlefields in a civil war.
CHARLES DUHIGGChange 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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The brain has this amazing ability to find happiness even when the memories of it are gone.
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Between calculated risk and reckless decision-making lies the dividing line between profit and loss.
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Habits are malleable throughout your entire life.
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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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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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Self-discipline has a bigger effect on academic performance than does intellectual talent.
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Most 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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The same process that makes AA so effective-the power of a group to teach individuals how to believe-happens whenever people come together to help one another change. 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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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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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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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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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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