Title:
The power of habit : why we do what we do in life and business / Charles Duhigg.
Author:
Duhigg, Charles, author.
Publication Information:
New York : Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2014.
Call Number:
BF335 .D78 2014
Abstract:
Identifies the neurological processes behind behaviors, explaining how self-control and success are largely driven by habits and providing guidelines for achieving personal goals and overall well-being by adjusting specific habits.
Electronic Access:
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Edition:
Random House Trade Paperback edition.
ISBN:
9780812981605
Physical Description:
xx, 383 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
General Note:
"With a new afterword by the author"--Cover.
"Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Random House, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House LLC, in 2012."
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? -- Afterword : some things learned about weight loss, smoking, procrastination, and teaching.
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