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

  Charles Duhigg

  Believe, People, Habit

  "The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business". Book by Charles Duhigg, www.businessinsider.com. February 28, 2012.

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• Then one day, we’ll put the reward in the old place, and put in the rat, and, by golloy, the old habit will rememerge right away. habits never really disappear. They’re encoded into the sturctures of our brain, and that’s a huge advantage for us, because it would be awful if we had to relearn how to drive after every vacation. 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.

  Charles Duhigg

  Vacation, Old Habits, Differences

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• What we know from lab studies is that it's never too late to break a habit. Habits are malleable throughout your entire life. But we also know that the best way to change a habit is to understand its structure - that once you tell people about the cue and the reward and you force them to recognize what those factors are in a behavior, it becomes much, much easier to change.

  Charles Duhigg

  People, Too Late, Labs

  "How to Turn Drinking from One of Life’s Pleasures to a Habit in Three Easy Steps" by Leah Odze Epstein, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 26, 2012.

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• Once people learned how to believe in something, that skill started spilling over to other parts of their lives, until they started believing they could change. Belief was the ingredient that made a reworked habit loop into a permanent behavior.

  Charles Duhigg

  Believe, Skills, People

  Charles Duhigg (2012). “The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do, and How to Change”, p.85, Random House

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• The brain has this amazing ability to find happiness even when the memories of it are gone.

  Charles Duhigg

  Memories, Brain, Finding Happiness

  "The Power of Habit". Book by Charles Duhigg, February 28, 2012.

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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.

  Charles Duhigg

  Old Habits, Differences, Waiting

  Charles Duhigg (2012). “The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do, and How to Change”, p.20, Random House

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

  Charles Duhigg

  War, Civil War, Company

  Charles Duhigg (2012). “The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do, and How to Change”, p.162, Random House

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• Habits are malleable throughout your entire life.

  Charles Duhigg

  Habit

  "How to Turn Drinking from One of Life’s Pleasures to a Habit in Three Easy Steps" by Leah Odze Epstein, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 26, 2012.

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• What studies say the number one best way to start an exercise habit is to give yourself a reward that you genuinely enjoy.

  Charles Duhigg

  Exercise, Numbers, Giving

  "How to Form a Good Habit". bigthink.com.

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• A movement starts because of the social habits of friendship and the strong ties between close acquaintances. It grows because of the habits of a community, and the weak ties that hold neighborhoods and clans together. And it endures because a movement's leaders give participants new habits that create a fresh sense of identity and a feeling of ownership.

  Charles Duhigg

  Strong, Ties, Giving

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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.

  Charles Duhigg

  Agency, Order, People

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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.

  Charles Duhigg

  Real, Self Understanding, Effort

  "The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business". Book by Charles Duhigg, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 28, 2012.

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

  Charles Duhigg

  Knowing, Important, Sometimes

  "The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business". Book by Charles Duhigg, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 28, 2012.

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• As people strengthened their willpower muscles in one part of their lives—in the gym, or a money management program—that strength spilled over into what they ate or how hard they worked. Once willpower became stronger, it touched everything.

  Charles Duhigg

  People, Stronger, Willpower

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

  Charles Duhigg

  Old Habits, Dresses, Accepting

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• Since the 17th century, insurance agents have been the foremost experts on risk.

  Charles Duhigg

  Risk, Experts, Agents

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• But countless studies have shown that a cue and a reward, on their own, aren't enough for a new habit to last. Only when your brain starts expecting the reward--craving the endorphins or sense of accomplishment--will it become automatic to lace up your jogging shoes each morning. The cue, in addition to triggering a routine, must also trigger a craving for the reward to come.

  Charles Duhigg

  Morning, Shoes, Accomplishment

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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.

  Charles Duhigg

  Running, Want, Willpower

  Charles Duhigg (2012). “The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do, and How to Change”, p.137, Random House

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• Belief is easier when it occurs within a community.

  Charles Duhigg

  Community, Belief, Easier

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

  Charles Duhigg

  Habit, Easier, Good Habits

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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.

  Charles Duhigg

  Jobs, Agency, Giving

  Charles Duhigg (2012). “The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do, and How to Change”, p.151, Random House

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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.

  Charles Duhigg

  Children, Shopping, Window

  "Habits: How They Form And How To Break Them". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. March 5, 2012.

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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.

  Charles Duhigg

  Mom, Smart, Thinking

  Charles Duhigg (2012). “The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do, and How to Change”, p.246, Random House

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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.

  Charles Duhigg

  Song, Expression, Listening

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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.

  Charles Duhigg

  Believe, People, Community

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