The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • MORE THAN 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD • This instant classic explores how we can change our lives by changing our habits.

“Few [books] become essential manuals for business and living. The Power of Habit is an exception.”—Financial Times


A WALL STREET JOURNAL AND FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

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

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4.4
1.04K reviews
A Google user
March 15, 2012
Unfortunately, the author fails to follow his own research when laying out the concepts, and prose for the book. He fails to be predictive as he lays out the concepts. Simply put he jumps from one case study to the next making it difficult to follow along. Yes, the material is fascinating, but this form of writing is best left for fiction, and not explaining the logical pathways needed to follow along a very detailed subject matter.
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A Google user
March 21, 2012
This is not a goodreads review. It cost about $15 to download and read this on my Android. Now I've finished reading it and that's that. The book is well researched. It kept my interest. Nothing earth-shattering here. Just a collection of interesting stories, analyzed from a psych research perspective. This is not a self-help book, so don't expect anything at all life-changing. I don't think I will let myself succumb to developing a habit of paying full price for books that are downloaded to a kindle-like device. If I had bought a paperback of it, at least I'd feel I got my money's worth. At least with a paperback, I could pass it on to a friend, resell it on ebay, or donate it to Goodwill. From now on, If a kindle book is not in the 99 cent range, count me out. Of course, I'm sure there's some deep psychological research out there having to do with how people need tangible objects to hold on to when they make a purchase. LOL
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Barry Fossella (The One B)
November 18, 2013
I quickly went through most of this book. When I reached chapter 9 I stopped reading for 2 months. I don't know if this was because I'm a student and had much more important things to read or if it was something else. I finished the book at the end of the quarter. For me, this book offers exactly what I wanted. It offers examples, insight, and a method for changing habits. I'll tell you now there isn't a quick fix for changing habits but this method is as easy as it gets.
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About the author

Charles Duhigg is a Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative journalist and the author of The Power of Habit and Smarter Faster Better. A graduate of Harvard Business School and Yale College, he is a winner of the National Academies of Sciences, National Journalism, and George Polk awards. He writes for The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, and other publications, and is the host of the podcast How To! with Charles Duhigg.

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