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  • To CHANGE a HABIT,remember this GOLDEN RULE..

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Charles Duhigg from the book The Power of Habit

    THE GOLDEN RULE OF HABIT CHANGE You Can’t Extinguish a Bad Habit, You Can Only Change It.”

  • HABIT FORMATION is key to the working of the BRAIN.. this is why

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Charles Duhigg from the book The Power of Habit

    Without habit loops, our brains would shut down, overwhelmed by the minutiae of daily life. People whose basal ganglia are damaged by injury or disease often become mentally paralyzed. They have trouble performing basic activities, such as opening a door or deciding what to eat.”

  • Do you want to change a BAD HABIT?Most important prerequisite..

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Charles Duhigg from the book The Power of Habit

    To modify a habit, you must decide to change it. You must consciously accept the hard work of identifying the cues and rewards that drive the habits’ routines, and find alternatives.

  • Great organizations CULTIVATE the RIGHT HABBIT in people, this explains..

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Charles Duhigg from the book The Power of Habit

    Creating successful organizations isn’t just a matter of balancing authority. For an organization to work, leaders must cultivate habits that both create a real and balanced peace and, paradoxically, make it absolutely clear who’s in charge.”

  • The right MINDSET is what makes STARBUCKS so successul..

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Charles Duhigg from the book The Power of Habit

    We’re not in the coffee business serving people,” Howard Behar, the former president of Starbucks, told me. “We’re in the people business serving coffee.”

  • This is why SELF DISCIPLINE is the most sought after skill..

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Charles Duhigg from the book The Power of Habit..

    “Highly self-disciplined adolescents outperformed their more impulsive peers on every academic-performance variable,” the researchers wrote. “Self-discipline predicted academic performance more robustly than did IQ. Self-discipline also predicted which students would improve their grades over the course of the school year, whereas IQ did not.… Self-discipline has a bigger effect on academic performance than does intellectual talent.”

  • Why do HABITS emerge?

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Charles Duhigg from the book The Power of Habit

    Habits, scientists say, emerge because the brain is constantly looking for ways to save effort.”

  • Self discipline or IQ , which is more important?

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Charles Duhigg from the book The Power of Habit

    Self-discipline predicted academic performance more robustly than did IQ. Self-discipline also predicted which students would improve their grades over the course of the school year, whereas IQ did not.… Self-discipline has a bigger effect on academic performance than does intellectual talent.”

  • Want to empower your employees? This can serve as a guideline..

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Charles Duhigg from the book The Power of Habit

    Simply giving employees a sense of agency- a feeling that they are in control, that they have genuine decision-making authority – can radically increase how much energy and focus they bring to their jobs.”

  • The three parts to the fascinating HABIT LOOP in humans..

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Charles Duhigg from the book The Power of Habit

    This process within our brains is a three-step loop. First, there is a cue, a trigger that tells your brain to go into automatic mode and which habit to use. Then there is the routine, which can be physical or mental or emotional. Finally, there is a reward, which helps your brain figure out if this particular loop is worth remembering for the future: THE HABIT LOOP”