Charles Duhigg Short Quotes

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There's something about it that makes other good habits easier.

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Companies aren't families. They're battlefields in a civil war.

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Hiding what you know is sometimes as important as knowing it...

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For a habit to stay changed, people must believe change is possible.

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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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If you dress a new something in old habits, it's easier for the public to accept it.

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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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Self-discipline has a bigger effect on academic performance than does intellectual talent.

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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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This is the real power of habit: the insight that your habits are what you choose them to be.

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Habits, scientists say, emerge because the brain is constantly looking for ways to save effort.

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Cravings are what drive habits. And figuring out how to spark a craving makes creating a new habit easier.

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Rather, to change a habit, you must keep the old cue, and deliver the old reward, but insert a new routine.

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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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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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Most of the choices we make each day may feel like the products of well-considered decision making, but they're not. They're habits.

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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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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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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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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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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 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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