328 Quotes by Charles Duhigg

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

Self-motivation becomes easier when we see our choices as affirmations of our deeper values and goals. That.

But we do know that for habits to permanently change, people must believe that change is feasible.

When we start a new task, or confront an unpleasant chore, we should take a moment to ask ourselves “why.

Asking patients to describe what triggers their habitual behavior is called awareness training, and like AA’s insistence on forcing alcoholics to recognize their cues, it’s the first step in habit reversal training. The tension that Mandy felt in her nails cued her nail biting habit.

He had spoken to me before he went onstage. “There’s a myth we all carry inside our head,” Bock said. “We think we need superstars. But that’s not what our research found. You can take a team of average performers, and if you teach them to interact the right way, they’ll do things no superstar could ever accomplish.

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

The more you focus, the more that focus becomes a habit.

Between calculated risk and reckless decision-making lies the dividing line between profit and loss.