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.

Good book by stories and example are verbose and cheesy

Book was going well and then the feebreeze example and story was way too long, verbose and annoying. Diminishes the value of an otherwise great book.

Great Tool For Make Changes

The book allows you to be aware of a behavior and zoom out of the entire experience giving you a unique opportunity to create a different result.

A new perspective on how to live !

Would you consider the audio edition of The Power of Habit to be better than the print version?

I haven't read the print version

Have you listened to any of Mike Chamberlain’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

no

What’s an idea from the book that you will remember?

I will remember that it is important to be aware of how we live and why we do what we do... how we life becomes a pattern that can be changed once you are aware of why we are behaving the way we are! LIFE is a cycle of QUEUES, ROUTINE and REWARD!

excellent

easy to listen to, well narrated and very inspiring. gives hope to making you and others a better person.

Great book and performance

I loved this book, it is not a subject i analized before hearing this audiobook, a great lesson for life, i am sure someday I will be taking advamtage on what i learned

A must read!

If you could sum up The Power of Habit in three words, what would they be?

Very eye opening

What did you like best about this story?

The examples and research were very powerful and helped dive deep into the meaning of why we do what we do.

What three words best describe Mike Chamberlain’s performance?

captivating

What insight do you think you’ll apply from The Power of Habit?

I've started to look at everything I do and try to analyze why I do it. It's helped to establish new good habits while trying to re-train old/bad ones.

Good book

Would you listen to The Power of Habit again? Why?

I d listen again

Any additional comments?

The book tells you how a habit is formed, how you can use this information to change bad habits to good ones and how you can form new habits.

A Must have Book....

A fascinating look into the machine that runs our lives, the habit. Illuminating the inner workings of the mind proves, again and again, to be the most powerful step in truly understanding how we can affect real change in our own lives.

Always wondered how to change my habits

This book gave me a ton of insight into my own brain and the fact that I have choices in what I do. I would highly recommend. The narration is great and the example stories are helpful as they relate to real life.

Amazing book.

Really loved it. one of the most interesting books I have listened and read.
Narrator was reading it very good, just the way you need to for these kinds of books.