Habits, scientists say, emerge because the brain is constantly looking for ways to save effort.
CHARLES DUHIGGAmerica is the Saudi Arabia of coal.
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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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There’s something about it that makes other good habits easier.
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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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Change 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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Belief is easier when it occurs within a community.
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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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America is the Saudi Arabia of coal.
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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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Since the 17th century, insurance agents have been the foremost experts on risk.
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For a habit to stay changed, people must believe change is possible.
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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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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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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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This is the real power of habit: the insight that your habits are what you choose them to be.
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