328 Quotes by Charles Duhigg

Change might not be fast and it isn't always easy. But with time and effort, almost any habit can be reshaped.

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.

Not one person in Kufa would have told me that we could influence crowds by taking away the kebab stands

When you learn to force yourself to practice for an hour or run fifteen laps, you start building self-regulatory strength.” Heatherton. The solution, Starbucks discovered, was turning self-discipline into an organizational habit.

Small wins are exactly what they sound like, and are part of how keystone habits create widespread changes.

if we keep the same cue and the same reward, a new routine can be inserted. But that’s not enough. For a habit to stay changed, people must believe change is possible. And most often, that believe only emerges with the help of a group.

Keystone habits say that success doesn’t depend on getting every single thing right, but instead relies on identifying a few key priorities and fashioning them into powerful levers.

Reform is usually possible only once a sense of crisis takes hold.... In fact, crises are such valuable opportunities that a wise leader often prolongs a sense of emergency on purpose.

A five-year-old who can follow the ball for ten minutes becomes a sixth grader who can start his homework on time.