The power of habits - and the power to change them | Daniel H. Pink - 0 views
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every habit is made up of a cue, a routine and a reward
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Duke University researcher in 2006 found that more than 40 percent of the actions people performed each day weren’t the due to decision making, but were habits
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But that doesn’t mean that habits are destiny. Habits can be ignored, changed, or replaced. And studies show that simply understanding how habits work — learning the structure of the habit loop — makes them easier to control. Once you break a habit into its components, you can fiddle with the gears.
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interview by Dan Pink with Charles Duhig, breaking down habits into cue, routine, and reward--and and replacing them with better alternatives.