America Is The Saudi Arabia Of Coal.

Once People Learned How To Believe In Something, That Skill Started Spilling Over To Other Parts Of Their Lives, Until They Started Believing They Could Change. Belief Was The Ingredient That Made A Reworked Habit Loop Into A Permanent Behavior.

The Best Agencies Understood The Importance Of Routines. The Worst Agencies Were Headed By People Who Never Thought About It, And Then Wondered Why No One Followed Their Orders.

The Cooperation Of Nascar - Or Any Other System, It Turns Out - Persists Only When Everyone Believes He Has The Opportunity To Win.

Typically, People Who Exercise Start Eating Better And Becoming More Productive At Work. They Smoke Less And Show More Patience With Colleagues And Family. They Use Their Credit Cards Less Frequently And Say They Feel Less Stressed. It's Not Completely Clear Why. But For Many People, Exercise Is A Keystone Habit That Triggers Widespread Change.

However, To Modify A Habit, You Must Decide To Change It. You Must Consiously Accept The Hard Work Of Identifying The Cues And Rewards That Drive The Habits' Routines, And Find Alternatives. You Must Know You Have Control And Be Self-conscious Enough To Use It -- And Every Chapter In This Book Is Devoted To Illustrating A Different Aspect Of Why That Control Is Real.