The power of habit : why we do what we do in life and business / Charles Duhigg.
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TextPublication details: New York : Random House, c2012Edition: 1st edDescription: xx, 371 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: 9781400069286 (alk. paper); 1400069289 (alk. paper); 9780679603856 (ebook); 0679603859 (ebook)Subject(s): Habit | Habit -- Social aspects | Change (Psychology)DDC classification: 158.1 LOC classification: BF335 | .D78 2012
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Summary: Duhigg takes us to the thrilling edge of scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed.
Prologue: The habit cure -- Pt. 1: The habits of individuals. The habit loop : how habits work ; The craving brain : how to create new habits ; The golden rule of habit change : why transformation occurs -- Pt. 2: The habits of successful organizations. Keystone habits, or The ballad of Paul O'Neill : which habits matter most ; Starbucks and the habit of success : when willpower becomes automatic ; The power of a crisis : how leaders create habits through accident and design ; How Target knows what you want before you do : when companies predict (and manipulate) habits -- Pt. 3: The habits of societies. Saddleback Church and the Montgomery Bus Boycott : how movements happen ; The neurology of free will : are we responsible for our habits?
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-353) and index.
Prologue: The habit cure -- Pt. 1: The habits of individuals. The habit loop : how habits work ; The craving brain : how to create new habits ; The golden rule of habit change : why transformation occurs -- Pt. 2: The habits of successful organizations. Keystone habits, or The ballad of Paul O'Neill : which habits matter most ; Starbucks and the habit of success : when willpower becomes automatic ; The power of a crisis : how leaders create habits through accident and design ; How Target knows what you want before you do : when companies predict (and manipulate) habits -- Pt. 3: The habits of societies. Saddleback Church and the Montgomery Bus Boycott : how movements happen ; The neurology of free will : are we responsible for our habits?
Duhigg takes us to the thrilling edge of scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed.
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