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10 best insights from THE POWER OF HABIT:
Change might not be fast and it isn't always easy. But with time and effort, almost any habit can be reshaped.
People who exercise, start eating better and becoming more productive at work. They smoke less and show more patience. They use their credit cards less frequently and say they feel less stressed. Exercise is a keystone habit that triggers widespread change.
Willpower isn’t just a skill. It’s a muscle, like the muscles in your arms or legs, and it gets tired as it works harder, so there’s less power left over for other things.
If you believe you can change - if you make it a habit - the change becomes real.
Small wins are a steady application of a small advantage.
This is how willpower becomes a habit: by choosing a certain behavior ahead of time, and then following that routine when an inflection point arrives.
Whether selling a new song, a new food, or a new crib, the lesson is the same: If you dress a new something in old habits, it’s easier for the public to accept it.
Champions don’t do extraordinary things,” Dungy would explain. “They do ordinary things, but they do them without thinking, too fast for the other team to react. They follow the habits they’ve learned.
The brain has this amazing ability to find happiness even when the memories of it are gone.
If you focus on changing or cultivating keystone habits, you can cause widespread shifts. However, identifying keystone habits is tricky.
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