The power of habit:why we do what we do in life and business
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Published: |
Random House,
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Publisher Address: | New York |
Publication Dates: | c2012. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xx, 371 p.: ill. ; 25 cm. |
ISBN: |
9781400069286 (alk. paper) 1400069289 (alk. paper) |
Index Number: | B848 |
CLC: | B848.4 |
Call Number: | B848.4/D871 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-353) and index. Prologue: The habit cure -- Pt. 1: The habits of individuals. The habit loop : how habits work ; The craving brain : how to create new habits ; The golden rule of habit change : why transformation occurs -- Pt. 2: The habits of successful organizations. Keystone habits, or The ballad of Paul O'Neill : which habits matter most ; Starbucks and the habit of success : when willpower becomes automatic ; The power of a crisis : how leaders create habits through accident and design ; How Target knows what you want before you do : when companies predict (and manipulate) habits -- Pt. 3: The habits of societies. Saddleback Church and the Montgomery Bus Boycott : how movements happen ; The neurology of free will : are we responsible for our habits? Duhigg takes us to the thrilling edge of scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed. |