Rather, To Change A Habit,

Habits, Scientists Say, Emerge Because The Brain Is Constantly Looking For Ways To Save Effort.

When A Habit Emerges, The Brain Stops Fully Participating In Decision Making. It Stops Working So Hard, Or Diverts Focus To Other Tasks. So Unless You Deliberately Fight A Habit -- Unless You Find New Routines -- The Pattern Will Unfold Automatically.

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.

If You Tell People That They Have What It Takes To Succeed, They'll Prove You Right

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.