Understanding "the habit loop," Duhigg says. This three-step process consists of a cue, or trigger (for example, you awake), a routine (you shower), and a reward (you feel clean and alert).

Luckily, the habit loop, which David Kadavy describes as the “habit hook” in his post, holds the key to breaking that Facebook habit and replacing it with a reading one.

Duhigg, an award-winning investigative reporter for the New York Times, has written a book about the science of how habits are formed that is interesting, informative and entertaining.

The book takes up other fascinating stories, of Olympian Michael Phelps, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. In each, belief plays a critical role.

The book examined the concept of a three-step habit loop that puts some consumer behavior on autopilot. As promised, today’s post will examine how habit loops can also drive organizational ...

These automatic behaviors are our brain’s response to ‘the habit loop’, a concept popularized by Charles Duhigg in his book The Power of Habit.

New Strategies for Calming Your Pandemic Anxiety A new book argues that anxiety can become a ‘habit loop’ and offers ways to break it By Elizabeth Bernstein Share Resize ...