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When swapping behaviors, you’ve got to bring your habit creation skills to bear in order to find a new habit that is easier to do and more motivating that the old one.
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…we have to understand that we are influencing the behavior of others all the time, without realizing it – that’s the nature of living in communities…
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If you can give feedback at the right moment to help people feel successful, you can create a habit of the good behavior.
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…tolerance and charity are pillars of ethical behavior.
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Ethical behavior is to business competition what sportsmanship is to athletic contests.
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Fear is bondage… We can unwittingly incarcerate ourselves with worry, negativity, and obsessive behavior.
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You can change what you think about or how you behave, but you can’t force yourself to be happy.
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Changing personal behavior to meet standards requires willpower, but willpower without self-awareness is as useless as a cannon commanded by a blind man.
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Once you’ve taken the first two steps in self-control – setting a goal and monitoring your behavior – you’re confronted with a personal question: Should you focus on how far you’ve come or how much remains to be done?
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Self-control turns out to be linked to habits, whereas the more controlled sorts of behaviors tend to be unusual or one-time-only actions.
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