Between calculated risk and reckless decision-making lies the dividing line between profit and loss.
CHARLES DUHIGGAmerica is the Saudi Arabia of coal.
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Habits are malleable throughout your entire life.
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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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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 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 brain has this amazing ability to find happiness even when the memories of it are gone.
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Belief is easier when it occurs within a community.
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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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If you tell people that they have what it takes to succeed, they’ll prove you right.
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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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The biggest moment of flexibility in our shopping habits is when we have a child, because when you think about it, all of your old routines sort of go out the window, and suddenly a marketer can come in and sell you new kinds of 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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Hiding what you know is sometimes as important as knowing it.
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Small wins are a steady application of a small advantage.
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Habits, scientists say, emerge because the brain is constantly looking for ways to save effort.
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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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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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America is the Saudi Arabia of coal.
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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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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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Research suggests that investment bankers are more prone to commit fraud when they feel the competitor at their heels.
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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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This is the real power of habit: the insight that your habits are what you choose them to be.
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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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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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