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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When people have a willpower failure, it’s because they haven’t anticipated a situation that’s going to come along.
CHARLES DUHIGGMaking your bed every morning is correlated with better productivity, a greater sense of well-being, and stronger skills at sticking with a budget.
CHARLES DUHIGGCompanies aren’t families. They’re battlefields in a civil war.
CHARLES DUHIGGRather, to change a habit, you must keep the old cue, and deliver the old reward, but insert a new routine.
CHARLES DUHIGGIf you tell people that they have what it takes to succeed, they’ll prove you right.
CHARLES DUHIGGThe 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.
CHARLES DUHIGGSelf-discipline has a bigger effect on academic performance than does intellectual talent.
CHARLES DUHIGGBetween calculated risk and reckless decision-making lies the dividing line between profit and loss.
CHARLES DUHIGGThere’s a natural instinct embedded in friendship, a sympathy that makes us willing to fight for someone we like when they are treated unjustly.
CHARLES DUHIGGHabits, scientists say, emerge because the brain is constantly looking for ways to save effort.
CHARLES DUHIGGThe 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.
CHARLES DUHIGGThe more you focus, the more that focus becomes a habit.
CHARLES DUHIGGBelief is easier when it occurs within a community.
CHARLES DUHIGGThe cooperation of NASCAR – or any other system, it turns out – persists only when everyone believes he has the opportunity to win.
CHARLES DUHIGGIf you believe you can change – if you make it a habit – the change becomes real.
CHARLES DUHIGGHiding what you know is sometimes as important as knowing it.
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