The power of habit

why we do what we do in life and business

371 pages

English language

Published 2012 by Doubleday Canada, Anchor Canada.

ISBN:
978-0-385-66974-0
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OCLC Number:
758061653

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5 stars (2 reviews)

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.

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Aprendendo a lidar com hábitos e rotinas, nocivas ou não

5 stars

O livro é um verdadeiro guia de revolução em hábitos e rotinas e começa de forma despretensiosa, esmiuçando os hábitos das pessoas comuns, da gente como a gente e informando-nos como o cérebro armazena essas informações repetitivas em locais, como se fossem uma espécie de BIOS, que está pronta antes mesmo do seu computador ligar.

Depois vamos aos hábitos das grandes corporações e de como elas começaram a estudar seu público em busca deles. Da pra correlacionar tudo o que lemos nesse ponto com a publicidade direcionada de antes e o big data de agora.

Por fim, ao analisar os hábitos das sociedades, o autor fecha com o chave de ouro e esclarece seus conceitos, amarrando todas as pontas e dando dicas de como usar esses hábitos ao nosso favor.

Valeu a leitura!

Review of 'The Power of Habit' on 'Storygraph'

4 stars

It's a very well written book, replete with stories, anecdotes, helpful simple diagrams and interviews. Hundreds of interviews.

It's also a massive dumbing down of cognitive science. There were parts where I was simultaneously impressed and appalled at how much detail he was able to leave out while still keeping the bones of the idea in place.

Reading this book is also a great way to be amazed at the behaviors of some people; the woman who gambled away over 900K in particular doesn't make any sense to me. And yet... it's not hard to see how a series of rewards and failures will draw someone into behavior like that.

It is a solid piece of work (over a third of the book is bibilography and endnotes), but I'm impressed by it, but I can't bring myself to love it.

Subjects

  • Habit
  • Social aspects
  • Change (Psychology)
  • Organizational behavior
  • Habits
  • Cognition
  • Creativity
  • Habitude
  • Aspect social
  • Changement (Psychologie)
  • Comportement organisationnel