For Aristotle, habits reigned supreme. The behaviors that occur unthinkingly are the evidence of our truest selves. 
The truth is, the brain can be reprogrammed. You just have to be deliberate about it.2 
Firms are guided by long-held organizational habits, patterns that often emerge from thousands of employees' independent decisions.6.16 
Change occurs among other people, 
It is almost always a bad idea to use a reverse mortgage to pay for a vacation or to buy a risky investment, like stocks or deferred annuities. 
Small wins are a steady application of a small advantage. 
Belief is easier when it occurs within a community. 
Students in school cheat not to get the 'A,' but to avoid the 'C.' 
For years, many public health campaigns that aimed at changing habits have been failures. 
Change might not be fast and it isn't always easy. But with time and effort, almost any habit can be reshaped. 
Habits, scientists say, emerge because the brain is constantly looking for ways to save effort. 
awareness training, and like AA's insistence on forcing alcoholics 
Companies are very, very good - better than consumers themselves - at knowing what consumers are actually craving. 
He created a craving. And that craving, it turns out, is what makes cues and rewards work. That craving is what powers the habit loop. 
This is the final way that keystone habits encourage widespread change: by creating cultures where new values become ingrained. 
The cooperation of NASCAR - or any other system, it turns out - persists only when everyone believes he has the opportunity to win. 
Bromates are regulated by the Safe Drinking Water Act, but officials are required to test for them only when water leaves a treatment plant. 
America is the Saudi Arabia of coal. 
This is how new habits are created: by putting together a cue, a routine, and a reward, and then cultivating a craving that drives the loop. 
Making your bed every morning is correlated with better productivity, a greater sense of well-being, and stronger skills at sticking with a budget. 
I think I'm smart, and I know I was a good mom. But there wasn't a lot I could point to and say, that's why I'm special. 
We like songs that are familiar. 
Conditions in Chinese factories are harsh. They're much harsher than they are in, for instance, the United States or any Western nation. 
Changing any habit requires determination. 
Rather, they changed because they were embedded in social groups that made change easier. 
The key to victory was creating the right routines. 
The way we habitually think of our surroundings and ourselves create the worlds that each of us inhabit. 
If you believe you can change - if you make it a habit - the change becomes real. 
Most shoppers don't buy everything they need at one store. 
The Golden Rule of Habit Change: You can't extinguish a bad habit, you can only change it. 
Some say because music is as much about personal expression as listening pleasure, sharing is integral to why songs have value in the first place. 
Patents are being used to wage war in the digital world, and as a result, patents have become a toll gate on the road of innovation. 
Within a year of O'Neilrs speech, Alcoa's profits would hit a rec- ord high. 
Some financial advisers say anyone who may move in less than seven years should not take out a reverse mortgage. 
You have to actually believe in your capacity to change for habits to permanently change. 
Most people probably don't even know what toothpaste they buy; they just recognize the box on the shelf. 
First, find a simple and obvious cue. Second, clearly define the rewards. If you 
Consumer habits are key to understanding how to launch a product. 
Millions of people with respiratory diseases have relied on oxygen equipment, delivered to their homes, to help them breathe. 
Actually, attorneys say, copying a purchased CD for even one friend violates the federal copyright code most of the time. 
For a habit to stay changed, people must believe change is possible. 
Self-motivation becomes easier when we see our choices as affirmations of our deeper values and goals. 
There's nothing you can't do if you get the habits right. 
In 2005, attorneys general of 35 states urged the Federal Reserve to end the unsigned check system. 
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac buy mortgages from banks and other lenders, providing those financial institutions with capital to make new loans. 
There are systems called zero discharge emission systems that would prevent any pollution from making it into the water or the air. 
The physical effects of alcohol are often one of the least rewarding parts of drinking for addicts. 
Every choice we make in life is an experiment. 
Alcoholics crave a drink because it offers escape, relaxation, companionship, the blunting of anxieties, and an opportunity for emotional release. 
That psychology was grounded in two basic rules: First, find a simple and obvious cue. Second, clearly define the rewards. 
Rather, to change a habit, you must keep the old cue, and deliver the old reward, but insert a new routine. 
A five-year-old who can follow the ball for ten minutes becomes a sixth grader who can start his homework on time. 
The basal ganglia, in other words, stored habits even while the rest of the brain went to sleep. 
Charles Wyly was born Oct 13, 1933, in Lake Providence, La., and for a period lived with his family in a shack without electricity or plumbing. 
At some point, if you're changing a really deep-seated behavior, you're going to have a moment of weakness. 
As cities have grown rapidly across the nation, many have neglected infrastructure projects and paved over green spaces that once absorbed rainwater. 