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Author: Charles Duhigg

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Product Description: “The Power of Habit” by Charles Duhigg explores the science of habit formation and change, providing a deeper understanding of how habits shape our lives and how we can change them. It’s packed with fascinating anecdotes about how habits impact both individuals and organizations, such as how an adman turned Pepsodent into a bestseller or how Michael Phelps’ coach instilled winning habits in him.

Reviews:

• “Sharp, provocative, and useful.”―Jim Collins
• “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
• “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
• “Entertaining . . . enjoyable . . . fascinating . . . a serious look at the science of habit formation and change.”―The New York Times Book Review
• “An absolutely fascinating book that explores a startling and sometimes dismaying collision between the increasingly sophisticated scientific understanding of habits and companies’ efforts to use that knowledge to steer your habits and money their way.”―Wired

About the Author: Charles Duhigg is a Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative journalist and the author of The Power of Habit and Smarter Faster Better. He graduated from Harvard Business School and Yale College. Duhigg has won prestigious awards like the National Journalism and George Polk awards. He writes for The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, and is the host of the podcast How To! with Charles Duhigg.0