Charles Duhigg

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The Power of Habit

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The difference between successful people and everyone else is how long they spend feeling sorry for themselves.

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The key to self-control is understanding how your habits work.

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The difference between successful people and everyone else is how long they spend time feeling sorry for themselves.

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Habits are powerful but delicate; they can emerge outside our consciousness, or we can choose to rebuild them.

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The process of habit formation is a three-step loop: cue, routine, reward.

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The cue is the trigger for the habit, the routine is the behavior itself, and the reward is what the brain gets out of it.

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To change a habit, you must keep the old cue, and deliver the old reward, but insert a new routine.

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Once you understand that habits can be changed, you have the power to change your life.

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The more you repeat a behavior, the more automatic it becomes.

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Small wins are a way to generate momentum and foster a sense of progress.

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