The Power of Habit - Summarized for Busy People: Why We Do What We Do In Life and Business: Based on the Book by Charles Duhigg
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The award-winning business reporter Charles Duhigg presents us The Power of Habit where he gives us a tour through the scientific discoveries explaining why habits exist and how they can be changed. Giving us stories from the boardrooms of Proctor & Gamble to the sidelines of NFL to the civil rights movement, we are given a whole new understanding of how habits affect human nature.
The Power of Habit shows us that understanding how habits work will give us the key to exercising regularly, losing weight, being more productive at work, and achieving success. By harnessing this new science, we can transform the way we live and the way we do our businesses.
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THE POWER OF HABIT
Summarized For Busy People
Why We Do What We Do In Life and Business
Based on the Book by Charles Duhigg
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TABLE OF CONTENT
THE POWER OF HABIT
INTRODUCTION
ABOUT THIS BOOK SUMMARY
PROLOGUE
PART ONE – THE HABITS OF INDIVIDUALS
Chapter 1: The Habit Loop – How Habits Work
Chapter 2: The Craving Brain – How to Create New Habits
Chapter 3: The Golden Rule of Habit Change – Why Transformation Occurs
PART TWO – THE HABITS OF SUCCESSFUL ORGANIZATIONS
Chapter 4: Keystone Habits – Which Habits Matter Most
Chapter 5: The Habit of Success – When Willpower Becomes Automatic
Chapter 6: The Power of Crisis – Creating Habits through Accident and Design
Chapter 7: When Companies Predict and Manipulate Habits
PART THREE – THE HABITS OF SOCIETIES
Chapter 8: How Movements Happen
Chapter 9: The Neurology of Free Will – Are We Responsible for Our Habits?
EDITORIAL REVIEW
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INTRODUCTION
Charles Duhigg, the author of the award-winning New York Times bestseller The Power of Habit, is a business reporter who shows detailed explanations of why habits exist and how they can be changed. Scientific discoveries support his explanations and the book looks into human nature in an attempt to understand it and to show how it can be the deciding factor in transforming people’s lives.
The Power of Habit shows why people and companies have a difficult time changing despite years of attempts and it shows why others can transform overnight. Duhigg lets the readers explore various scientific laboratories in interviewing neuroscientists to understand the science behind habits from a neurological perspective.
Duhigg shows examples of people who were able to find their way through managing habits from the Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., to Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz. He also shows stories from companies like Proctor & Gamble, Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church, Target Superstores, and some of the biggest hospitals in the U.S. These examples show keystone habits
which would be the deciding factor between one’s failure and success.
There are also certain elements of our daily lives where habits can reside from daily exercises, raising children, building great companies, losing weight, productivity, and understanding social movements which are all important factors in achieving success.
Charles Duhigg says that habits are not destiny but they are something that we all need to practice and harness into the different aspects of our lives—which,