There’s Something About It That Makes Other

Making Your Bed Every Morning Is Correlated With Better Productivity, A Greater Sense Of Well-being, And Stronger Skills At Sticking With A Budget.

If You Tell People That They Have What It Takes To Succeed, They'll Prove You Right

What We Know From Lab Studies Is That It's Never Too Late To Break A Habit. Habits Are Malleable Throughout Your Entire Life. But We Also Know That The Best Way To Change A Habit Is To Understand Its Structure - That Once You Tell People About The Cue And The Reward And You Force Them To Recognize What Those Factors Are In A Behavior, It Becomes Much, Much Easier To Change.

Habits, Scientists Say, Emerge Because The Brain Is Constantly Looking For Ways To Save Effort.

As People Strengthened Their Willpower Muscles In One Part Of Their Lives—in The Gym, Or A Money Management Program—that Strength Spilled Over Into What They Ate Or How Hard They Worked. Once Willpower Became Stronger, It Touched Everything.