“The bureaucrats had gotten into a habit of solving every medical problem by building something so that a congressman could say, ‘Here’s… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
“This explains why habits are so powerful: They create neurological cravings.” — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
When a habit emerges, the brain stops fully participating in decision making. It stops working so hard, or diverts focus to other… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
Once you break a habit into its components, you can fiddle with the gears. — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
“All our life, so far as it has definite form, is but a mass of habits,” William James wrote in 1892.prl.2 Most… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
“Once you know a habit exists, you have the responsibility to change it . . . others have done so . .… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
“It wasn’t the trip to Cairo that had caused the shift, scientists were convinced, or the divorce or desert trek. It was… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
For Aristotle, habits reigned supreme. The behaviors that occur unthinkingly are the evidence of our truest selves. — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
Typically, people who exercise, start eating better and becoming more productive at work. They smoke less and show more patience with colleagues… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
“If you want to make yourself more sensitive to the small details in your work, cultivate a habit of imagining, as specifically… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
In a sense, habits never really disappear. Once formed, they always remain in our neurology. — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
A huge amount of success in life comes from learning as a child how to make good habits. It's good to help… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
Even though it's hard to learn how to back your car out the driveway at first, once it becomes a habit, you… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
What we know from lab studies is that it's never too late to break a habit. Habits are malleable throughout your entire… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
“If you want to stop smoking, ask yourself, do you do it because you love nicotine, or because it provides a burst of stimulation,… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
“What matters are five key norms,” he told the audience. Teams need to believe that their work is important. Teams need to feel their… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
America has always had an apocalyptic strain. Yet it also seems to believe that if, or when, The End comes, it will still come… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
Bromates are regulated by the Safe Drinking Water Act, but officials are required to test for them only when water leaves a treatment plant. — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
“Habits, scientists say, emerge because the brain is constantly looking for ways to save effort. Left” — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
Between calculated risk and reckless decision-making lies the dividing line between profit and loss. — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
Older Americans are perfect telemarketing customers, analysts say, because they are often at home, rely on delivery services, and are lonely for the companionship… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
“All our life, so far as it has definite form, is but a mass of habits - practical, emotional, and intellectual - systematically organized… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
“Someday soon, say predictive analytics experts, it will be possible for companies to know our tastes and predict our habits better than we know… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
“I love Paul O'Neill, but you could not pay me enough to work for him again" one official told me. "the man has never… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
“THE FRAMEWORK: • Identify the routine • Experiment with rewards • Isolate the cue • Have a plan” — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
