12 Powerful Lessons From The Book "The Power of Habit"
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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.
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.
Change might not be fast and it isn't always easy.
But with time and effort, almost any habit can be reshaped.
But with time and effort, almost any habit can be reshaped.
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.
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.
The Golden Rule of Habit Change: You can't extinguish a bad habit, you can only change it.
Champions don’t do extraordinary things.
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.
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.
To change a habit, you must keep the old cue, and deliver the old reward, but insert a new routine.
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.
As people strengthened their willpower muscles in one part of their lives—in the gym, or a money management program—that strength spilled over into what they ate or how hard they worked.
Once willpower became stronger, it touched everything.
Once willpower became stronger, it touched everything.
Habits, scientists say, emerge because the brain is constantly looking for ways to save effort.
Self-discipline predicted academic performance more robustly than did IQ.
Self-discipline also predicted which students would improve their grades over the course, whereas IQ did not.
Self-discipline has a bigger effect on academic performance than does intellectual talent.
Self-discipline also predicted which students would improve their grades over the course, whereas IQ did not.
Self-discipline has a bigger effect on academic performance than does intellectual talent.
There’s nothing you can’t do if you get the habits right.
Thanks for reading.
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