Habits, Scientists Say, Emerge Because The Brain

Cravings Are What Drive Habits. And Figuring Out How To Spark A Craving Makes Creating A New Habit Easier.

Companies Aren’t Families. They’re Battlefields In A Civil War. Yet Despite This Capacity For Internecine Warfare, Most Companies Roll Along Relatively Peacefully, Year After Year, Because They Have Routines—habits—that Create Truces That Allow Everyone To Set Aside Their Rivalries Long Enough To Get A Day’s Work Done.

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.

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.

Since The 17th Century, Insurance Agents Have Been The Foremost Experts On Risk.