This process-in which the brain converts a sequence of actions into an automatic routine-is known as “chunking,” and it’s at the root of how habits form.Īn efficient brain requires less room, which makes for a smaller head, which makes childbirth easier and therefore causes fewer infant and mother deaths. Habits emerge because the brain is constantly looking for ways to save effort. The Habits of Individuals The Habit Loop: How Habits work The author’s words are in normal font, while my interpretations are in italics.
Don’t be surprised if it has changed between visits. I keep updating the summary when I revisit it, and occasionally may edit it to reduce summary length. Note: This summary is made up of my notes, thoughts and highlights of important passages while reading the book. If you want a broad overview of the topic of habits, then this is the book to pick up. As a result the reader gets a broad overview of topic peppered with umpteen examples. The Power of Habit focuses habits seen in action at individual, organizational and societal levels. If you are on a self-improvement journey, this is the guide to pick up. If you need to chose, my recommendation would be:Ītomic Habits focuses on an individual and all the science, tips and tricks required to form good habits or break bad ones. But I enjoyed Atomic Habits more.īut both focus on different aspects. Both this book and Atomic Habits are good and worth of a read. This sequence of reading did impact my engagement with the book as I found some aspects were already covered in Atomic Habits. I read this book after Atomic Habits by James Clear. The third part looks at the habits of societies. The second part examines the habits of successful companies and organizations.ģ. The first section focuses on how habits emerge within individual lives.Ģ. Rather, I hoped to deliver something else: a framework for understanding how habits work and a guide to experimenting with how they might change.ġ. This book doesn’t contain one prescription. The aim of the book in the author’s words.
According to the author, 40 percent of the actions people performed each day weren’t actual decisions, but habits. In The Power of Habit, business reporter Charles Duhigg translates current behavioural science into practical self-improvement action. Habits that we have acquired consciously or unconsciously. Our choices made every single day are not the result of well-considered decision making process.
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