The cooperation of NASCAR – or any other system, it turns out – persists only when everyone believes he has the opportunity to win.
CHARLES DUHIGGResearch suggests that investment bankers are more prone to commit fraud when they feel the competitor at their heels.
More Charles Duhigg Quotes
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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 dress a new something in old habits, it’s easier for the public to accept it.
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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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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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Companies aren’t families. They’re battlefields in a civil war.
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There’s something about it that makes other good habits easier.
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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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Self-discipline has a bigger effect on academic performance than does intellectual talent.
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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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Habits, scientists say, emerge because the brain is constantly looking for ways to save effort.
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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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Habits are malleable throughout your entire life.
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Hiding what you know is sometimes as important as knowing it.
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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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