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.
CHARLES DUHIGGSelf-discipline has a bigger effect on academic performance than does intellectual talent.
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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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The brain has this amazing ability to find happiness even when the memories of it are gone.
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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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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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There’s something about it that makes other good habits easier.
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For a habit to stay changed, people must believe change is possible.
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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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Belief is easier when it occurs within a community.
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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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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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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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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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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 Golden Rule of Habit Change: You can’t extinguish a bad habit, you can only change it.
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