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.

Terrific book! very interesting material.

I highly recommend listening carefully. possibly twice. many very important topics to ponder over as you shape your life. this book helps go e you the tools.

awesome

right on point. made so much since and I learned a lot about my self

great book

very useful looking to use its contents
very recommendable for many aspectos of life and business

Something good for everyone

Chamberlain's accent when he quotes someone kinda rubbed me the wrong way.
I really do love the concept taught in the book, but there was a LOT more about business & leadership tactics than this SAH mom was in for. All in all, a very interesting "read" that I am likely to enjoy again.

i really really really like this

I fell in love and now im sad i finished it :( . . .

Great book

This book taught me a lot of useful things about habit formations that I will personally be using to change a few habits. I recommend it if you want to get to the core of why you seem to do certain things automatically despite your best intentions to stop.

Awesome book

awesome book, the habits insights make a difference with the background mental workings on how we fall into habits and how to exit from them.

helpful

Loved the overall theme, but some of the stories weren't very good to me and seemed to drag on. I knew they had a point to make so I stuck them out, but found myself yelling in my head "just get to the point already! I don't care about these people". But others were very engaging/inspiring and the end gives you a kind of guideline on the to implement everything he's talked about.

Powerful

This was a great read! So powerful to bring that awareness of habit and a recipe for how to change bad habits. Incredible!

great!

very good insight into routines, and why we do the things we do. also provides a framework for reshaping old habits and starting new ones