Hiding what you know is sometimes as important as knowing it.
CHARLES DUHIGGSome 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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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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The more you focus, the more that focus becomes a habit.
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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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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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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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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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Belief is easier when it occurs within a community.
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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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Habits, scientists say, emerge because the brain is constantly looking for ways to save effort.
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Since the 17th century, insurance agents have been the foremost experts on risk.
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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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For a habit to stay changed, people must believe change is possible.
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