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| Title | : | The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business |
| Author | : | Charles Duhigg |
| Rating | : | |
| Genres | : | Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : | The Power of Habit ISBN |
| Edition Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 375 pages pages |
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business Reviews
What a great story teller! and these stories have been spreading. Every time I talk with someone about this book, they've already heard one of the stories! (Is Mr.Duhigg all over the airwaves or are his stories just re-tellable?) In light of the recent rebuke of American nuns, I'd ...
I need to start with the obvious ? this guy is one of those writers. One of those writers that make you want to track him down and hurt him. And not just him, maybe even his pets too. He assumes you are as thick as dog-shit and that you won?t get what it is he is talking about unle...
This was an interesting collection of research about habits and routines. The book felt Gladwellian in that it combined a variety of case studies while arguing a central theme, just as Malcolm Gladwell tends to do in his books. I think my favorite sections were the ones on Starbuck...
Read this because of fascinating NYT magazine excerpt on how Target tracks our buying habits. The rest of the book is not as compelling -- anecdotes sometimes don't support particular arguments he's attempting to illustrate (the Hey-Ya examples being the most egregious), and his sectio...
Our local book club read this a few years ago. I thought I had a review....perhaps it disappeared? Maybe it's still here? I saw a friend currently reading it. I thought this book explained some useful information: Talked about success through good habits - organizational skills...
Judging from the prologue of The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business, the first thing necessary in modifying one?s behavior is to note the actual components of that behavior. The author cites a visit with a military officer in charge of normalizing a village (Ku...
The title of this book may be misleading if you want to lose weight, stop procrastinating, or get to appointments on time. It would be easy to think you?d found a self-help book. Okay, maybe it could help a reader break an unwanted habit. Duhigg does try to analyze those behaviors. T...
Charles Duhigg has three fascinating half-books here. They?re all joined by the theme of habits. He speaks of habits from a personal perspective. Then he talks about business habits, switching from cognitive psychology to organizational psychology. And finally, he talks about sociolo...
This may be a crappy review since its going up via iPhone. Sorry. First caveat: I work in research. A big part of my job is creating these habit loops and seeing if they can be altered or enhanced via medication. Second caveat: I'm a nerd and love journal articles, scientific ...
This long-winded book explains how habits form in individuals, organizations, and social groups. Despite the intriguing premise, the verbose anecdotes left me screaming, ?I get the point already!? A better book (or article) would have resulted from taking the appendix (a short, pra...
Nothing Succeeds Like Success: A Case Study Hey. Have you heard of Thomas Baker? How about Carol Wright? Chris Cameron? Vineet Shaw? Let us discuss Baker. Thomas Baker was an average joe, but not without ambitions. A few years ago, acting on a tip, Tom, a competitive enough guy...
I thought this would be a self-help book on tips of how to improve habits and it is much more than that. The author analyzes habits on different levels such as in individuals, organizations, businesses and societies. He uses real-life examples and historic events to describe behavioral...
How do some of us wake up for 6 a.m. jogs every day? What leads people to develop gambling addictions? Why do people brush their teeth every day while never remembering to wear sunscreen? Charles Duhigg answers these questions and more in The Power of Habit, a well-researched book on w...
This book claims to explain how new science can help us stop bad habits. The advice on habit change ultimately comes down to the appendix with the author's personal anecdote about trying to lose weight. The conclusion is obvious and it's not science; it's just some dude's story. People...
Review The ?Power of Habit? is a frustrating book to review. At its core, it presents ideas that are both interesting and practical: this book will - or at least might ? change the way you think about, form, and conquer habits. At the same time, it?s flooded with same fuzzy an...
If you are looking for a how-to book, in the strict sense this isn't it. But if you want to change your habits you can glean how to do so from the main text, and Duhigg provides specific hints in an appendix. Duhigg does tell us how habits form without our awareness (every habit follow...
Enjoyable. The book presents a framework of understanding how habits work, and serves as a guide to show how to change habits. ?Once you choose who you want to be, believe you want to change, and it becomes real.? ?Visualize the kind of person you would like to become, focus...
This is a review of an ARC received through a First Reads giveaway. For most of my adult life, I have struggled with bad habits that have kept me unemployed, ineffective when I was employed, unable to do the things that I want, and generally unhappy. About once a year I try and rein...
I remember reading a story by the famous Malayalam writer Padmarajan called Oru Sameepakala Durantham ("A Tragedy of Recent Times"). It tells of a housing colony in Kerala, bitten by the exercise bug in the early eighties. Someone gets up before sunrise and starts jogging. Soon, he is ...
I first heard about this book during a Ted Talk or some other podcast and was immediately interested. The book is split in 3 sections. Personal habits, corporate habits and societal habits. Everything was presented in easy to digest segments, anecdotes and examples but I have to ...
Duhigg's Power of Habit offered a staggering statistic about our lives: 40% of what we do is habitual. 40 percent! That means that a huge majority of what we do in our lives is practically unconscious and habitually helping us progress or digress. The major takeaways for me include...
Charles Duhigg's premise is that habits are formed when behaviors are rewarded. Because the brain is wired to anticipate a reward it directs behavior towards getting the reward. The author presents some studies that show brain activity in the anticipation and reward cycles. He poses a ...
Expect a video about this marvelous book soon. ...
This book delves into some science behind the notion of "habits". It hands out the "scientific" process of changing habits. In between, there are interesting stories of how individuals, societies and companies can make the best use out of their habits or other people's habits. ...
This is great book, and you need to read it. How is that for a definitive opening line? The reason it?s such a good book is because it uses research to explain how habits are formed and changed. Everyone knows someone who was out of shape, or was a smoker, and then in what appeared a...
I just read Kelly McGonigal's "The Willpower Instinct", so I can't help but compare the two. Duhigg is an investigative reporter for the NY Times, while McGonigal is a research psychologist, and the differences come across in the writing. McGonigal has a much better grasp on the res...
I feel like I?ve just climbed Mt. Rainier. Why you ask? I finished a non-fiction book! So, I started this climbing excursion because I have bad habits. We all do most of the time. My bad habits are eating unhealthy food, drinking too much wine, not getting enough exercise or procr...
If you're into stuff like this, you can read the full review. Chi Kung Ritual: The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg (original review, 2012) I was just thinking earlier this week about the 4 dimensions of rituals that Mervin Ve...
There was nothing really new here but the writing style was very interesting and I loved how the author put a lot of random but fascinating information in it! ...
A very good book about habit formation. My favorite parts were the various stories and anecdotes the author provided for each lesson about habits. The book is fairly cohesive and my only complaint is that the 'how to use this book' section at the end is a bit too simple and doesn't enc...
