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I Think I'm Smart, And I Know I Was A Good Mom. But There Wasn't A Lot I Could Point To And Say, That's Why I'm Special.

Companies Aren’t Families. They’re Battlefields In A Civil War. Yet Despite This Capacity For Internecine Warfare, Most Companies Roll Along Relatively Peacefully, Year After Year, Because They Have Routines—habits—that Create Truces That Allow Everyone To Set Aside Their Rivalries Long Enough To Get A Day’s Work Done.

A Movement Starts Because Of The Social Habits Of Friendship And The Strong Ties Between Close Acquaintances. It Grows Because Of The Habits Of A Community, And The Weak Ties That Hold Neighborhoods And Clans Together. And It Endures Because A Movement's Leaders Give Participants New Habits That Create A Fresh Sense Of Identity And A Feeling Of Ownership.

Between Calculated Risk And Reckless Decision-making Lies The Dividing Line Between Profit And Loss.

Most Of The Choices We Make Each Day May Feel Like The Products Of Well-considered Decision Making, But They’re Not. They’re Habits.