The Power of Habit

Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

By: Charles Duhigg

Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain

Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins

Publisher's summary

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This instant classic explores how we can change our lives by changing our habits.

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Wall Street Journal • Financial Times

In The Power of Habit, award-winning business reporter Charles Duhigg takes us to the thrilling edge of scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed. Distilling vast amounts of information into engrossing narratives that take us from the boardrooms of Procter & Gamble to the sidelines of the NFL to the front lines of the civil rights movement, Duhigg presents a whole new understanding of human nature and its potential. At its core, The Power of Habit contains an exhilarating argument: The key to exercising regularly, losing weight, being more productive, and achieving success is understanding how habits work. As Duhigg shows, by harnessing this new science, we can transform our businesses, our communities, and our lives.

With a new Afterword by the author

“Sharp, provocative, and useful.”—Jim Collins

“Few [books] become essential manuals for business and living. The Power of Habit is an exception. Charles Duhigg not only explains how habits are formed but how to kick bad ones and hang on to the good.”—Financial Times

“A flat-out great read.”—David Allen, bestselling author of Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

“You’ll never look at yourself, your organization, or your world quite the same way.”—Daniel H. Pink, bestselling author of Drive and A Whole New Mind

“Entertaining . . . enjoyable . . . fascinating . . . a serious look at the science of habit formation and change.”—The New York Times Book Review

©2012 Charles Duhigg (P)2012 Random House, Inc.

Well written. Well performed.

Author uses stories to illustrate and reinforce concepts bringing something very concrete and memorable to abstractions. Mix in scientific facts and evidence and the content is very clear and persuasive.

VO talent does a great job of bringing the stories to life, providing great dimension with his voice. Subtle variations in tone to help differentiate the quotes of those interviewed from the background narration. Typical business books are accompanied by dry VO or strained technique by the author who is not a professional VO artist. This VO artist does a great job of making the book easily followable and entertaining thus helping get the concepts across. I would search out other books voiced by him.

Great book

The narrative is good, the book inself is informative with facts and very well presented.

Really engaging and informative.

If you are into psychology and are curious about seeming arbitrary coincidences, you'll love it.

I have listened to it twice now!!!

Everytime I listen to this book I am able to pull more and more valuable lessons for my life.

Eye Opener

We don’t realize how much habits can find us an impact out life thanks to this book I realize now that habits can be changed and can be reprogrammed if we work hard and look for the triggers and cues that set us off with hard work and consistency we can change thank you

One of 2018’s best

Wonderfully delivered! Easy way to be aware of one’s habits and how to begin new ones.

I can’t stop identifying my habits

This book is great as making learning about habits interesting and productive. I recommend it to anyone looking for ways to toss old bad habits aside.

Helpful, Straightforward But Redundant

I'm not too big on self-help fluffy stuff, but this audiobook was on sale at Audible so I took the plunge. The book is straightforward enough with its focus on how human behavior can be broken down into patterns we know as habits and long-term change is dependent on figuring out how to form these habits in our lives on a more conscious level. The rest of the book consists of examples upon examples of different stories of habits changing individuals, corporations, and everything in-between.

It really tries to hammer its point down with ruthless bluntness, and that is an effective enough method.

A must read

I, personally, loved the book. It starts by defining "The Habit Loop", then shows how this pattern come up in a range of contexts such as personal habits, a company's culture and ad targeting.
The book ends with an awesome debate on free will, then contains an appendix with a suggested framework to identify and change habits.

One of my favorite lines of the book is "Habits are not destiny". I hope this can give you an insight on what to expect from the book.

great listen

this book provides an exceptional overview of how one can get on top of their habits.