The power of habit : why we do what we do in life and business / Charles Duhigg.
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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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Random House,
[2012], ©2012.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Local Note: |
LM copy 1 part of the Professional Development Lending Library collection. |
| Physical Description: | xx, 371 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
- 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?