If you tell people that they have what it takes to succeed, they'll prove you right — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
“two general principles: Teams succeed when everyone feels like they can speak up and when members show they are sensitive to how… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
“Grit, which they defined as the tendency to work strenuously toward challenges, maintaining effort and interest over years despite failure, adversity, and… — 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
“Employees work smarter and better when they believe they have more decisionmaking authority and when they believe their colleagues are committed to… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
“Creating successful organizations isn’t just a matter of balancing authority. For an organization to work, leaders must cultivate habits that both create… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
“Researchers have found that people with an internal locus of control tend to praise or blame themselves for success or failure, rather… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
“Project Oxygen found that a good manager (1) is a good coach; (2) empowers and does not micromanage; (3) expresses interest and… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
“The Work-Outs were successful because they balanced the psychological influence of immediate goals with the freedom to think about bigger things,” said… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
But countless studies have shown that a cue and a reward, on their own, aren't enough for a new habit to last.… — 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
