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The Power of Habit

Charles Duhigg

Released: 2012-02-28

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OVER 60 WEEKS ON THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LIST

With a new Afterword by the author

In The Power of Habit, Pulitzer Prize–winning business reporter Charles Duhigg takes us to the thrilling edge of scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed. Distilling vast amounts of information into engrossing narratives that take us from the boardrooms of Procter & Gamble to sidelines of the NFL to the front lines of the civil rights movement, Duhigg presents a whole new understanding of human nature and its potential. At its core, The Power of Habit contains an exhilarating argument: The key to exercising regularly, losing weight, being more productive, and achieving success is understanding how habits work. As Duhigg shows, by harnessing this new science, we can transform our businesses, our communities, and our lives.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NPR BESTSELLER • WASHINGTON POST BESTSELLER • LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER • USA TODAY BESTSELLER • PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLER

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY

The Wall Street Journal • Financial Times

“Sharp, provocative, and useful.”—Jim Collins

“Few [books] become essential manuals for business and living. The Power of Habit is an exception. Charles Duhigg not only explains how habits are formed but how to kick bad ones and hang on to the good.”—Financial Times

“A flat-out great read.”—David Allen, bestselling author of Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

“You’ll never look at yourself, your organization, or your world quite the same way.”—Daniel H. Pink, bestselling author of Drive and A Whole New Mind

“Entertaining . . . enjoyable . . . fascinating . . . a serious look at the science of habit formation and change.”—The New York Times Book Review

“Cue: see cover. Routine: read book. Reward: fully comprehend the art of manipulation.”—Bloomberg Businessweek

“Absolutely fascinating.”—Wired

“A fresh examination of how routine behaviors take hold and whether they are susceptible to change . . . The stories that Duhigg has knitted together are all fascinating in their own right, but take on an added dimension when wedded to his examination of habits.”— Associated Press

“There’s been a lot of research over the past several years about how our habits shape us, and this work is beautifully described in the new book The Power of Habit.”—David Brooks, The New York Times

“A first-rate book—based on an impressive mass of research, written in a lively style and providing just the right balance of intellectual seriousness with practical advice on how to break our bad habits.”—The Economist

“I have been spinning like a top since reading The Power of Habit, New York Times journalist Charles Duhigg’s fascinating best-seller about how people, businesses and organizations develop the positive routines that make them productive—and happy.”—The Washington Post

From the Trade Paperback edition.

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This Book CHANGED MY LIFE

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Defrenchfry

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2017-07-19

This book truly opened my eyes to some of my greatest faults which were habits that formed without my knowing. It's showed me some of my terrible eating habits like late night snaking and how little habits like how I place my phone when I got to bed can change how I wake up and my energy level. This book can help you take control of your life and prevent mindless walking through life because of ones habits. I truest think everyone should read this book at least once.

A fascinating journey of self exploration

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Tahera N

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2017-06-24

The book creates a fascinating understanding of our human nature.

I had it for free but bought it anyway 😜

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Fas556

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2016-10-10

I got this book for free but I found it very helpful that I wanted to pay for however made it.

Thanks!!!!!!!!

Great Book

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Gdsrhj

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2016-07-15

This is a very well written book. It is also full of insightful assertions, backed up with excellent research. I learned a lot, and really enjoyed the read!

Very helpful

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UndeadScooterKidd

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2015-11-06

Loved it! I liked the fact that it scientifically proves that habits can be developed for he good, and gives you a simple method for establishing good ones.

Recommended for Change Management

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MluvzGB

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2015-10-09

Enjoyable read! Includes details about change management that can be applied to a variety of organizations.

Coming from a person who barely reads

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sciencegeek94

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2015-05-24

Other than the Steve Jobs bio, this book was truly eye opening. I'm ashamed to say that this is the second non-academic book I've read since elementary school. This was a very down-to-earth book and is awesome if applied to our life

One of the most important books I've ever read

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Beairk

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2015-02-22

The material is potentially life altering, and the author explains in completely accessible ways and in the context of some terrific stories. This is one of the most important books I've read, and if there is anything about your life that you'd like to change, this book could be of great help.

Life changing!

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Sherman Oaks

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2015-01-15

Wow what an amazing book. I would look forward every day to read this book. It's full of examples on how habitual we live our lives. It points out that ultimately we have the ability to create new habits so we can have new outcomes in the life we want to live. Definitely worth the money!

An Excellent Read!

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Lux_XXVIII

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2015-01-15

I appreciated the research done to write this book. There were lots of concepts to learn from & anyone reading this book will have something to take away from it. Made me analyze what my habits are & implement a plan for change.

Good read!

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JuiceMan34

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2014-11-28

The book is full of examples of habits, how they impact lives, and people within the scenarios have they've manage to adjust to new behaviors or change them.

In that sense the book is motivational.

It's a good read to begging highlighting some habits that may impacting a life in a negative way and figure out ways to Change and lead to others books to read for better self awareness and determine personal changes.

Not what I expected

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DTW Mama

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2014-09-27

This book is about the study and research of habits versus practical applications for everyday life. I was hoping for insight as to how I could increase my productivity. The stories are quite long and probably more tolerable if you are reading instead of listening. The first example lasted about 40 minutes. The preview of the book was the best part.

Really helpful!

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ImSofiaAnaya

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2014-05-07

This book is amazing, it explains the way habits work, and illustrates them with clear examples based in different people. This book can be really helpful if you are trying to change or create some habits. It will help you to be a better you! Without being like some self-help books!

:)

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Low-pez

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2014-01-31

Really informative book loved it

Worth it

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Nicky Beaird

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2014-01-19

Obviously, I can only speak on my own behalf. This book changed my life.

Not bad, but not great.

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Hubes

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2013-12-26

Lots of interesting stories that exhibit behavioral patterns, but I think the author could have tied it all together much better. Also, I bought this book thinking it would be a really good learning tool on how to break my bad habits. It lacks anything useful as far as guidance. Although it was a decent read, I don't think the author provided anything better than what someone who did the same research could put together.

Great!

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Dawgpound22121

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2013-12-25

Very great, educational, and quick read. Fascinating real world stories and examples. Very helpful for business and personal.

Interesting and informative.

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Chillyflea

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2013-09-03

I enjoyed reading and learning the power of habits. Well written, informative, and interesting. This book will change the way you look at your habits, why you do what you do, and give you the knowledge to make changes for the better.

Eye opening

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Stupid Loser

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2013-08-29

Loved it. It made sense to me.

Look at your habits, change your life

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Massive mistake684520

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2013-08-14

I've already started recommending this book to family and friends, as it is not only interesting to read and well written, it is the first book I've read which made me feel that I can truly change my life for the better by stopping and thinking about what I do and why I do it. It made me realize the power is in my hands to achieve my goals.

Easy to Follow

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JRR91

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2013-08-04

I am not what you call a "reader" but I randomly decided to read this book when I first got my iPad. It is a very easy read and very informational. We all have habits we are trying to overcome and even though this book cannot do the work for you, by reading it I felt/ feel more empowered and in control to change these habits. If you need to feel that control read this book!

I loved it!

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Aquarrier

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2013-07-17

So fascinating & well written. Science that's entertaining and easy to read.

Power

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Benjamin Goddard

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2013-05-25

I must say that this book has been very enlightening. Our habits create our culture. Our culture whether at work or home is our everything. This book will help identify a path to a healthy and well balanced life. It's a must read for all!!!

Amazing book

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xter

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2013-02-25

Reading the book has made me realize I can create new habits and suppress old unhealthy/bad habits.

Great read

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Barry01810

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2013-02-22

Outstanding .. Great read for anyone in a position of leadership or someone looking to make changes in their life.

This book can transform lifes

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ericccs_lau

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2013-02-16

One of best book I luckily found. The ideas & lessons inside the books can change us to understand ourself and other ppl. Now my brain automatically think and relate anything around me with habits and all lessons I have read from the book.

Thank you to Charles to open our mind and change our life.

Portland

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Amba75

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2013-02-09

This book should be at the top of everyone's list to read in 2013. Really good.

A simple, but amazing book

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KNevers

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2013-02-09

All this time, I've felt like I was losing a step because I couldn't remember driving to work, whether I had closed the garage door and even if I had remembered to run payroll. Not only have I learned, invaluably (not a word), that I don't recall these things because they've become ingrained habits that I can perform automatically, but I've learned how to help others and myself change poor habits - and most importantly, stop them from beginning. I will be implementing what I've learned for the rest of my life.

Influential

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DBishoff

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2013-02-03

In this genre, this is one of the most influential books I have ever read. It explains the importance, the impacts, mechanisms, and benefits of habits. How habits (and routines within companies) make us, break us, and can bring redemption, achievement and order to our worlds. Some sections were slow, but I was sorry (as I am with all excellent reads) when I reached the final page.

To much of nothing...

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Miguelg1

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2013-02-03

I just found it boring to read. It is loaded with trivial information and doesn't go to any place.

Understanding habits and its power

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Yogir

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2013-01-22

The research in this book and its presentation are awesome. It is so important for everyone to understand habits - good and bad. Finally a book that helps us take a scientific look at it. All I hope for was is that there will be more books or Life coaches who build on this to improve people's lives.

Great reading!

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GisMullr

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2013-01-02

This book is really interesting and well written, it makes you so hocked you will finish it pretty quickly. It is a nice book to understand a lot of things you do and why you do it. It is also great to understand how you can change some habits you thought will be with you forever. A really good reading for sure.

Very good

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YK60

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2012-12-29

At times repetitive and could be shortened some, but overall a great easy and useful read with interesting reminders and conclusions on how to improve.

Interesting

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John Hahn

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2012-12-26

Lots of good ideas

Not worth it

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Ranchomonsta

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2012-12-24

As one of the reviewers said, you don't get much out of this book. Mornings are great and successful folks use this time wisely.

Awesome

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Maronbbb

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2012-11-27

This book is really good.. Everyone should read it for many reasons... However it would be great to have this book in spanish so I can try to convince my friends and family to read it

So, so close

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NurtureWarrior

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2012-11-23

This was the first non-fiction text I've read in decades cover to cover in a matter of a couple days. I obsesses in it. I wanted the reward - the simple solution to fixing all my bad habits and creating new ones.

It seems that Duhigg uses the term "Habit" as any activity done unconsciously varyingly from the customary, initially conscious teeth brushing good habit or cookie eating bad habit to primal fight / freeze / flight responses and perhaps even heartbeat and breathing. Stories through the book illustrate these habits.

Well into the reading (ironically when reading chapter five in which Duhigg talks about experiments studying willpower) I succumbed to the urge to read the prologue. I wanted the "how-to", my cookie, right now. It only took reading a couple paragraphs, and I was overwhelmed by the endorphin rush I felt having accessed my reward.

I immediately reflected on the "one cookie now or two cookies later if you wait" conversation in ch. 5 that I had just read. Do I continue eating / reading this first "cookie" or go back where I'd left off in ch. 5 and continue through the remaining chapters? Certainly, Duhigg included this material for a reason. This was a challenge as I so wanted to get back to the Prologue. I finally made it and it was worth the struggle.

Perhaps it is because Duhigg is a journalist, not a psychologist / coach that the last step, that of a summary guide into action is missing. He speaks of the actions to take in describing what he did regarding a specific habit. He suggested questions to ask oneself at various stages. What was missing for me was a condensed list, an outline of action steps.

Good read, but not enough

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EdoRoshi

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2012-10-19

The book is an interesting read, but the amount of information is quite small. A large part of the book is taken up with footnotes. The fundamental idea behind the book is quite simple and I'm not sure it deserves an entire book. The book is so short that it reads more like an extended term paper. After reading the extensive list of credits, my initial thought was how can so many people be involved in a project which produced such a short result that sells for such a high price.

Nevertheless, the lessons inside are interesting, and I believe that for many people it will help them examine their habits and possibly improve their lives. For me at least reading the book heightened my awareness of habits and now I find myself questioning my habits and possibly finding options for improvement. The book enables a person to see themselves in an entirely different way.

For anyone interested in neuroscience or real psychology, this book will not prove to be very useful. Everyone else probably will benefit.

The writing style is not scientific but rather crisp and chatty, so the reading is easy and pleasurable.

I am going to purchase a few extra copies to give to my friends.

The Power of Habit

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JDIS7

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2012-10-07

Really a very enlightening book. I enjoyed it very much and recommend it for all. I think middle school students as well as adults would benefit from reading it.

Wonderfully insightful

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Giovanni-tunes

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2012-09-26

Excellent navigation through the science and psychology of habits. As educational as it empowering, from understanding each other to living a more self-actualized life.

So far so good but....

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Flatface504

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2012-09-17

The repeating pages at the end of each chapter is quite annoying. It's frustrating to have paid for this to get a glitched product.

Amazing

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Omar3550

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2012-09-15

This is one of those books that actually teaches you something new. Loved it, trust me on this. Money well spent- this book is very insightful.

Overall great with some boring part

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Tiandoudou

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2012-09-13

It is an very interesting book and I really enjoyed reading it. It provides a lot of information about how the habits have influenced our lives. It made me more aware of my bad habits. Some of the information is very practical and useful in everyday life.

The only complain I have is that he second half is clearly not as great at the first one. Especially when it gets to the third section: habits of society. The author didn't reach the same depth of some of the phenomenons he did in the first two sections. To me, a lot of pages in the third section are repeating themselves and it seems they are just fillers.

Overall, I would definitely recommend this book.

Missing pages

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Ctobriens

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2012-09-08

The end of each chapter has missing pages. Great book, but clearly flawed in digital format!

Great book!

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BennyBoyNYC

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2012-08-28

This is a very good book and you have a lot to learn when you read it. I enjoyed the book and the author very much. I will change change bad habits of my life to become a better person.

Paging in messed up

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LaraCw

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2012-08-20

Content is great, but not even halfway through and have already come across three instances where pages are either duplicated, or just missing. Hard to believe there is no quality control on a book about, well, quality control. So 5 stars for the author, 1 star for the publisher.

The Power of Habit

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Mario-m-

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2012-08-19

I would have liked to have more practical examples on correcting bad or undesirable habits. Last couple chapters were fluff and could have been used better.

Yes

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209876

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2012-08-19

Good read. Going to try to apply the principles into my own business and life.

Missing pages

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Back west reader

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2012-08-11

Book is fascinating but the end of each chapter there are missing pages. Instead of the final pages of the chapter it repeats one page several times, which is annoying. You would think that if the publishers are charging $12 for a digital version of the book that they could get it right.

The sample has duplicate pages

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Hayden229

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2012-08-09

I began reading the sample and three pages in a row are the exact same. How do I know the book isn't messed up too?

Chapters are truncated in online edition

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Austin78759

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2012-07-31

This is a really good book; however I am a little disappointed. I am on Chapter 6 and have found 3 replaces where they have truncated and/or duplicated a paragraphs (check out the end of the Starbucks chapter as one example).

I checked the book out from the library to follow the missing parts of the book, why buy it twice? Apple you upload a new copy out for download - the story is relevant and worth reading.

Very Useful Book

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Shizii-ni

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2012-07-29

Finally a way to figure out how to really change a habit!

The Power of Habit

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OK obvious filler

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2012-07-26

The book was ok. Some interesting information, but also some obvious filler, especially later in the book.

Wonderful book with a boring title

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RedHurricane

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2012-07-12

This book is excellent. It is too bad however that many people will skip over it because of its rather boring title. I loved it.

Insightful and exciting

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Ryan Rester

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2012-07-06

Mr. Duhigg manages to coalesce some of the more elusive points of habit and influence into rather salient observations while framing the lessons with riveting narratives. I would recommend this novel to anyone fascinated by observation of human behavior as well as those looking for an enlightening read. Fascinating. Simply fascinating.

A nice read

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diffnick

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2012-07-03

This is a nice book, which is easy to read and engaging fairly well. Particularly compelling is its first part, dissecting the mechanism of habit forming, its importance and possibility of changing it. The later part, yet, is a bit a stretch to frame other coorporational and societal phenomena by the same framework.

GREAT READ !!!!

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Emkeyou

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2012-06-25

It's been a VERY long time since I read ANY good book concerning Habits and how to change them.

I'll be sure to recommend reading this book to all my Patients, as it's easy to understand and a very good read.

Great book!

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Laura0922

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2012-06-19

I found the book very fascinating and I hope to try and use what I have learned to makeover some of my bad habits!!! Loved it!

Great so far

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Rissa2207

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2012-05-24

I'm not that far into the book but so far im loving it. Some parts are a little boring but mostly it's extremely interesting & seems like it'll be very beneficial in improving my life

Fantastic read!

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Care Wilson

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2012-05-20

I completely enjoyed this book. It was filled with all kinds of examples and research, written in a very engaging and entertaining style, about how various types of habits touch our lives. Very simply, the book is about exactly what is appears to be about. It does not meander or have any extraneous information, it is an in-depth look at habits, how they form, their influence and written in an easy, likable style. And yes, there is a bit of instruction at the end of how to change your own habits, but it is not the main focus of the book.

Great book!

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sggrx12

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2012-04-14

Taught me how to make positive changes to my daily routine. I get so much more accomplished at home and work. And all because I now understand the habit loop.

Great

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Abbiedog

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2012-03-07

Wonderfully written and insightful a great read

Good read

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MDHahn

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2012-03-06

The book does a good job of articulating why habits form and remain with us. I was curious to find out a little more about how to apply the information and that was lacking. However, it does provide good insight.