My reward is being able to take a break and get a caffeine boost to finish the day. My routine is walking to the coffee shop to order a cappuccino. For example, in my afternoon coffee habit, the cue is when I’m feeling groggy. Duhigg explains that in every habit, there are three stages: cue, routine, and reward. The habit loop is the key takeaway from this book. He doesn’t just talk about snacking or fingernail biting either–he focuses on how community habits affected the social justice movement and how corporate habits destroyed massive organizations. Duhigg explains how much power habits have over our lives, as well as how to understand and leverage that power for our own good. The key concepts of The Power of Habit are in the title. I’ll explain the key concepts of this book, what makes it good to read, why I liked it (and why you might, too). Duhigg combines a large amount of peer reviewed research with strong anecdotes to explain the concepts of how habits are formed, and how they affect our lives. In my current research on habits, I’ve been reading The Power Of Habit by Charles Duhigg.
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