Small wins are a steady application of a small advantage.
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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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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This is the real power of habit: the insight that your habits are what you choose them to be.
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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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Hiding what you know is sometimes as important as knowing it.
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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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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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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.
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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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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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For a habit to stay changed, people must believe change is possible.
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America is the Saudi Arabia of coal.
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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 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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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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If you believe you can change – if you make it a habit – the change becomes real.
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If you want to do something that requires willpower – like going for a run after work – you have to conserve your willpower muscle during the day.
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The more you focus, the more that focus becomes a habit.
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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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Habits, scientists say, emerge because the brain is constantly looking for ways to save effort.
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The Golden Rule of Habit Change: You can’t extinguish a bad habit, you can only change it.
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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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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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Since the 17th century, insurance agents have been the foremost experts on risk.
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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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Habits are malleable throughout your entire life.
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