{"id":10335,"date":"2012-09-09T10:01:35","date_gmt":"2012-09-09T17:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/?p=10335"},"modified":"2012-09-08T11:07:10","modified_gmt":"2012-09-08T18:07:10","slug":"the-power-of-habit-why-we-do-what-we-do-in-life-and-business-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2012\/09\/09\/the-power-of-habit-why-we-do-what-we-do-in-life-and-business-review\/","title":{"rendered":"The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business (review)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content_div-10335\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Title: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Power-Habit-What-Business\/dp\/1400069289\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1347126910&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=the+power+of+habit\" target=\"_blank\">The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business [Hardcover]<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Author:<\/strong> <a id=\"contributorNameTriggerB006X0XPLM\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Charles-Duhigg\/e\/B006X0XPLM\/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1\">Charles Duhigg<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Hardcover:<\/strong> 400 pages<\/li>\n<li><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> Random House; 1 edition (February 28, 2012)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Language:<\/strong> English<\/li>\n<li><strong>ISBN-10:<\/strong> 1400069289<\/li>\n<li><strong>ISBN-13:<\/strong> 978-1400069286<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div>If you&#8217;re into leadership or self-help or helping others, this book should be on your bookshelf (or your iPad).<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Habits are critical to our lives &#8211; they allow our brains to be smaller and let us do a tremendous amount more than we could without them.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;The Power of Habit&#8221; is broken into three parts:<\/div>\n<ol>\n<li>habits in individual lives,<\/li>\n<li>habits of successful companies, and<\/li>\n<li>habits of societies.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div>The book is based in the &#8220;habit loop&#8221;:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_10337\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/habitloops.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10337\" data-attachment-id=\"10337\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2012\/09\/09\/the-power-of-habit-why-we-do-what-we-do-in-life-and-business-review\/habitloops\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/habitloops.png?fit=367%2C193&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"367,193\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Habit loops\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Habit loops&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/habitloops.png?fit=367%2C193&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10337\" title=\"Habit loops\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/habitloops-300x157.png?resize=300%2C157\" alt=\"Habit loops\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/habitloops.png?resize=300%2C157&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/habitloops.png?resize=150%2C78&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/habitloops.png?w=367&amp;ssl=1 367w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10337\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Habit loops<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The book then describes a process for changing habits (because it&#8217;s easier to change a habit than to stop one). I thought the first part of the book (fully 1\/2 of the total) is must-read; I&#8217;m still considering ways to use this information in my day to day life.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The other two sections seem less valuable to me, with the habits of societies part being the most tenuous (and furthest from direct individual manipulation). The stories are powerful, but the lessons less valuable in my opinion.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Even with those issues, I think this is a must-read book.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"translate_block\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<hr class=\"translate_hr\" \/>\n<a class=\"translate_translate\" id=\"translate_button_post-10335\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\" href=\"javascript:show_translate_popup('en', 'post', 10335);\"><span>Translate<\/span><\/a><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/google-ajax-translation\/transparent.gif?resize=16%2C16&#038;ssl=1\" id=\"translate_loading_post-10335\" class=\"translate_loading colorbox-10335\" style=\"display: none;\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Title: The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business [Hardcover] Author: Charles Duhigg Hardcover: 400 pages Publisher: Random House; 1 edition (February 28, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 1400069289 ISBN-13: 978-1400069286 If you&#8217;re into leadership or self-help or helping others, this book should be on your bookshelf (or your iPad). 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