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Habits: How They Form And How To Break Them : NPR - 0 views

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shared by Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 02 Mar 16 - No Cached
  • His new book The Power of Habit explores the science behind why we do what we do — and how companies are now working to use our habit formations to sell and market products to us.
  • every habit starts with a psychological pattern called a "habit loop," which is a three-part process. First, there's a cue, or trigger,
  • third step, he says, is the reward: something that your brain likes that helps it remember the "habit loop" in the future.
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  • here's the routine,
  • "You'll put your shoes on in a different order without paying any attention to it," he says, "because once the cues change, patterns are broken up."
  • hat's when Proctor & Gamble reformulated Febreeze to include different scents. "As soon as they did that, people started using it at the end of their cleaning habits to make things smell as nice as they looked," he says. "And what they figured out is that people crave a nice smell when everything looks pretty. Now, no consumer would have said that. ... But companies can figure this out, and that's how they can make products work."
  • On breaking habits
  • On rewards
  • On spirituality and habits
  • Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 02 Mar 16
     
    NPR interview with Charles Duhigg, on habits, 3/5/2012
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Why Aren't There More Women In Tech? Seeking A Fix To Silicon Valley's Diversity Proble... - 0 views

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shared by Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 06 Feb 17 - No Cached
  • "There's a difference," she says, "between wanting to celebrate your femininity and shrinking and pinking something."
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The Curator's Code - On The Media - 0 views

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shared by Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 08 May 12 - No Cached
  • Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 08 May 12
     
    5 minute interview by Brooke Gladstone with Maria Popova on NPR, March 23, 2012 on Maria's suggested curator's code. Don't know that her symbols are the best way to attribute stumbling across interesting writings that lead one to the source of various ideas (since as a comment pointed out below, the symbols don't appear on our keyboards). But it does argue for a consistent way of acknowledging the paths/combinations one goes through to build a map linking together concepts/ideas/new variations to readers/learners.
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Learning A New Skill Works Best To Keep Your Brain Sharp : Shots - Health News : NPR - 0 views

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shared by Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 14 Mar 17 - No Cached
  • Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 14 Mar 17
     
    great article on research showing how mastering a difficult new skill and regular exercise not only delay brain declines but can increase brain volume and its functioning
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Doctors Plan Database On Cancer Drugs, Showing Effectiveness And Cost : NPR - 0 views

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shared by Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 24 Jul 15 - No Cached
  • Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 24 Jul 15
     
    importance of networks of practitioners to band together to improve access to and quality of drugs for cancer patients.
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