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We like songs that are familiar.
America is the Saudi Arabia of coal.
In the past, NASDAQ has defended flash orders.
Merrill Lynch is this hugely prestigious brand.
Habits are malleable throughout your entire life.
Belief is easier when it occurs within a community.
The more you focus, the more that focus becomes a habit.
Small wins are a steady application of a small advantage.
Most shoppers don't buy everything they need at one store.
Hiding what you know is sometimes as important as knowing it.
Companies aren’t families. They’re battlefields in a civil war.
There’s something about it that makes other good habits easier.
Forty percent of all electronics sold are assembled by Foxconn.
Consumer habits are key to understanding how to launch a product.
Students in school cheat not to get the 'A,' but to avoid the 'C.'
For a habit to stay changed, people must believe change is possible.
Once you break a habit into its components, you can fiddle with the gears.
Since the 17th century, insurance agents have been the foremost experts on risk.
If you believe you can change - if you make it a habit - the change becomes real.
As America becomes an older nation, it is also, by some measures, becoming sicker.
Technology giants have taken advantage of tax codes written for an industrial age.
If you tell people that they have what it takes to succeed, they'll prove you right
If you dress a new something in old habits, it’s easier for the public to accept it.
For years, many public health campaigns that aimed at changing habits have been failures.
You have to actually believe in your capacity to change for habits to permanently change.
The Golden Rule of Habit Change: You can't extinguish a bad habit, you can only change it.
Self-discipline has a bigger effect on academic performance than does intellectual talent.
If Freddie Mac is unable to raise capital, it could spark a political and financial crisis.
The brain has this amazing ability to find happiness even when the memories of it are gone.
In a sense, habits never really disappear. Once formed, they always remain in our neurology.
This is the real power of habit: the insight that your habits are what you choose them to be.
There are supply chains that exist in China and Asia now which the U.S. simply can't replicate.
Habits, scientists say, emerge because the brain is constantly looking for ways to save effort.
In 2005, attorneys general of 35 states urged the Federal Reserve to end the unsigned check system.
Between calculated risk and reckless decision-making lies the dividing line between profit and loss.
You can't suddenly say, 'I want a brand new habit tomorrow,' and expect it to be easy and effortless.
There is no central government database that allows officials to monitor water tests by local systems.
Most people probably don't even know what toothpaste they buy; they just recognize the box on the shelf.
Calling out people for not voting, what experts term 'public shaming,' can prod someone to cast a ballot.
Cravings are what drive habits. And figuring out how to spark a craving makes creating a new habit easier.
Rather, to change a habit, you must keep the old cue, and deliver the old reward, but insert a new routine.
At some point, if you're changing a really deep-seated behavior, you're going to have a moment of weakness.
Many cows are fed a high-protein diet, which creates a more liquid manure that is easier to spray on fields.
Change might not be fast and it isn't always easy. But with time and effort, almost any habit can be reshaped.
Bank of America is the story of some of the most ambitious, aggressive bank builders on the face of the planet.
Some financial advisers say anyone who may move in less than seven years should not take out a reverse mortgage.
State and federal studies indicate that thousands of water and sewer systems may be too old to function properly.
Companies are very, very good - better than consumers themselves - at knowing what consumers are actually craving.
Many environmental advocates argue that agricultural pollution will be reduced only through stronger federal laws.
For Aristotle, habits reigned supreme. The behaviors that occur unthinkingly are the evidence of our truest selves.