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Author Duhigg, Charles.

Title The power of habit : why we do what we do in life and business / Charles Duhigg.

Imprint New York : Random House, c2012.

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 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  158.1 D882p 2012    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description xx, 371 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-353) and index.
Contents 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?
Summary Duhigg takes us to the thrilling edge of scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed.
Subject Habit.
Habit -- Social aspects.
Change (Psychology)
Habits -- Popular Works.
Organizational Innovation -- Popular Works.
Mental Processes -- Popular Works.
Behavior -- Popular Works.
Adaptation, Psychological -- Popular Works.
ISBN 9781400069286 (alk. paper)
1400069289 (alk. paper)
9780679603856 (ebook)
0679603859 (ebook)
Standard No. 40020607808

 
    
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