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The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business Paperback – 7 Jan. 2014

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER &; This instant classic explores how we can change our lives by changing our habits.

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Wall Street Journal &; Financial Times
 
In The Power of Habit, award-winning business reporter Charles Duhigg takes us to the thrilling edge of scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed. Distilling vast amounts of information into engrossing narratives that take us from the boardrooms of Procter & Gamble to the sidelines of the NFL to the front lines of the civil rights movement, Duhigg presents a whole new understanding of human nature and its potential. At its core, The Power of Habit contains an exhilarating argument: The key to exercising regularly, losing weight, being more productive, and achieving success is understanding how habits work. As Duhigg shows, by harnessing this new science, we can transform our businesses, our communities, and our lives.

With a new Afterword by the author
 
&;Sharp, provocative, and useful.&;&;Jim Collins
 
&;Few [books] become essential manuals for business and living. The Power of Habit is an exception. Charles Duhigg not only explains how habits are formed but how to kick bad ones and hang on to the good.&;&;Financial Times
 
&;A flat-out great read.&;&;David Allen, bestselling author of Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
 
&;You&;ll never look at yourself, your organization, or your world quite the same way.&;&;Daniel H. Pink, bestselling author of Drive and A Whole New Mind
 
&;Entertaining . . . enjoyable . . . fascinating . . . a serious look at the science of habit formation and change.&;&;The New York Times Book Review

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416 pages
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English
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Random House Trade Paperbacks
Publication date

7 Jan. 2014
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12.7 x 2.54 x 20.32 cm
ISBN-10

081298160X
ISBN-13

978-0812981605
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About the Author

Charles Duhigg is an investigative reporter for The New York Times. He is a winner of the National Academies of Sciences, National Journalism, and George Polk awards, and was part of a team of finalists for the 2009 Pulitzer Prize. He is a frequent contributor to This American Life, NPR, PBS NewsHour, and Frontline. A graduate of Harvard Business School and Yale College, he lives in Brooklyn with his wife and two kids.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Random House Trade Paperbacks; Reprint edition (7 Jan. 2014)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 416 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 081298160X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0812981605
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.7 x 2.54 x 20.32 cm

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Callum

Incredible

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 September 2018

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Believe me or not, but everything i’m Writing here is true.
I’m a 20 y/o pretty normal male, living in England
And this book has completely changed my life.
I was a regular smoker of both tobacco and cannabis, and the routine change taught in this book, and the methods of distraction taught in this book has helped me so much. I just want to say Thanks to Charles for making such an enjoyable book, which has taught me a lot about habits.
10/10 would read again.
Callum

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Liam Kelleher

25% incredibly useful, 75% drivel

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 August 2019

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“Self-help books” are like chain restaurants. There are too many of them, most of them are rubbish, but you can’t deny that they are useful.

Habit is a book that is extremely useful. We start off with some obvious but solid reminders of how what we perceive as excellence is habit. It’s not about “grit” as some other books would say.

Simply setting a reminder to go to bed and putting your trainers next to your bed every night is a better way to get exercising than watching motivational videos on YouTube. Humans look for the way way out. Make things easy. Create a reward loop and you will develop a habit.

After a solid start the book falters and diverges quickly. Stories become way too drawn out and - I would argue - not relevant to the reason most people buy this book. We get a long chapter on how supermarkets are monitoring our shopping habits via reward cards and can tell if your are pregnant from your food grocery list.

We have a chapter that massively drags on how a cassino kept a gambler coming back but stimulating her habit and reminding her of the rewards (debt in this case).

Like many self help books, you want to throw it out the window at times. But it’s got a solid thesis. I now keep my trainers next to my bed and have created a habit I never thought feasible. Thus the book is worth it’s weight of gold. It’s just got a core of lead to go along with it.

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Surprised how interesting I found this book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 August 2018

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I bought this book so I could learn more about habits within an organisation. I quickly realised those habits were too deep and moved on so the book became less relevant. Picking it up again several months later, I see that it explores habits of individuals and society rather than just organisations so I decided that it might be interesting.
Quickly I found myself engrossed by the ideas explored in this book. Lots of examples and research is examined to look at how habits form and how they can be changed.
The book is split into three sections - individuals, organisations and society in general. I found the first two sections extremely engaging but thought that the society narrative was slightly less well defined and held my interest less.
Very cleverly, real people are used to prove theories and familiar companies are used as examples of habit changes.
I was surprised how interesting I found this book and have talked about it to various people whilst I was reading.

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Alexander F

One of the worst books about one of the most important topics. Absolutely useless!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 April 2020

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Habit formation and change is one of the most important topics in human behaviour. The author squanders the readers time with 274 pages (plus another 100 pages of annex and notes) indulging in his rambling story telling about the history of habit research, key patients and monkeys (e.g. "Julio" on p.45) No - I kid you not!

THE WRITER COMPLETELY AVOIDS PROVIDING CONCISE AND INSTRUCTIVE GUIDANCE. Just rambling story telling!

Therefore, if you are in the habit of buying books you afterwards deeply regret having spent time reading and are keen to extend this bad habit, then and only then is this the prefect book for you.

HOWEVER, IF YOU WANT A USEFUL GUIDE IN HOW TO ESTABLISH GOOD HABITS AND CHANGE NOT SO GOOD ONES THEN DO YOURSELF A FAVOUR AND SKIP THIS USELESS BOOK!

(PS. The above is UK spelling not US)

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Paul Gleave

Complex subject simplified

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 January 2019

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I really like this book as it explains the theory behind why we have habits, in a way that anyone can understand. It provides multiple examples of some well known and lesser known cases, and breaks each one down into easy to understand components. The way this is done, in a logical and structured manner, really helped me to understand the theory.

If like me, you are open and logically minded, this book will suit you.

After explaining the theory, the book then goes on to explain a simple process for understanding any habit that affects you in your daily life, which previously would have been unknown to you. You can then delve deeper into understanding the Cue, Routine and Reward. Once understood, you can then choose to change your habits, in a simple, methodical, less emotional manner, than for example like me, you realised you’d put on a few too many pounds, and without understanding root cause, just went headlong into another diet, to try and put a sticky plaster on the issue.

I’m now in the process of testing this new knowledge on some simple personal habits before applying the theory to my major life challenge of reducing my body weight, and should it help to achieve that, then I will have proved in the best way possible, the value of this book.

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Daisybel

Doesnt sustain a promising start

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 June 2015

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Starts well but the further you get the more of the it reads like the author is trying to shoehorn in anecdotes he heard about/read about about into the book regardless of their relevance. Toouch second hand reporting that to me meant it lacked autjority. It comes across like a school essay when he gets to section on Corporate culture.
Overall, promisomg start but doesn't sustain interest -to much waffle not enough substance!

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Davor Katusic

Waste of time!!!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 January 2021

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There are 3 reasons why I give this a bottom rating.

First: this book is waaaaay too long. Lot's of unnecessary stories. At the end author gives 10 pages epilogue and that is how long this book has worthy content - 10 pages. Selling 300 pgs book is sort of manipulation and doesn't respect reader's time.

Second: Content is very banal. There is habit loop which consists of cue, routine and reward... and you need to experiment with changing any of these. That's it.

Third: The book is not motivating at all. You read it, forget it and that's it.

If you are interested in changing habits, check out Atomic habits (much better) and Compund effect (the best)

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