The power of habit
Subtitle: why we do what we do in life and business
By: Charles Duhigg
Publisher: Doubleday Canada; Anchor Canada
Published: 2012
Place of publication: [Toronto]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 371
ISBN-13: 9780385669740; 9780385669764
Subjects: Habit; Social aspects; Change (Psychology); Organizational behavior; Habits; Cognition; Creativity; Habitude; Aspect social; Changement (Psychologie); Comportement organisationnel
Description: In The Power of Habit, award-winning New York Times business reporter Charles Duhigg takes us to the thrilling edge of scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed. With penetrating intelligence and an ability to distill vast amounts of information into engrossing narratives, Duhigg brings to life a whole new understanding of human nature and its potential for transformation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Issued also in electronic format.
Table of contents: label: Prologue
title: The Habit Cure
pagenum: xi; label: Part One
title: The Habits of Individuals; label: 1
title: The Habit Loop: How Habits Work
pagenum: 3; label: 2
title: The Craving Brain: How to Create New Habits
pagenum: 31; label: 3
title: The Golden Rule of Habit Change: Why Transformation Occurs
pagenum: 60; label: Part Two
title: The Habits of Successful Organizations; label: 4
title: Keystone Habits, or The Ballad of Paul O'Neill: Which Habits Matter Most
pagenum: 97; label: 5
title: Starbucks and the Habit of Success: When Willpower Becomes Automatic
pagenum: 127; label: 6
title: The Power of a Crisis: How Leaders Create Habits Through Accident and Design
pagenum: 154; label: 7
title: How Target Knows What You Want Before You Do: When Companies Predict (and Manipulate) Habits
pagenum: 182; label: Part Three
title: The Habits of Societies; label: 8
title: Saddleback Church and The Montgomery Bus Boycott: How Movements Happen
pagenum: 215; label: 9
title: The Neurology of Free Will: Are We Responsible for Our Habits?
pagenum: 245; label: Afterword
title: Some Things Learned About Weight Loss, Smoking, Procrastination, and Teaching
pagenum: 275; label: Appendix
title: A Reader's Guide to Using These Ideas
pagenum: 287; title: Acknowledgments
pagenum: 299; title: A Note on Sources
pagenum: 303; title: Notes
pagenum: 305; title: Index
pagenum: 367