5 Lessons from 'The Power of Habit' by Charles Duhigg

Habit loops, experiments on monkey brains - the science of habit formation is both fascinating and useful. Today, we'll break down five of the most important lessons in "The Power of Habit" by Charles Duhigg.

Also, welcome to the start of a new series called "5 Lessons"! Whenever I finish a book I think would be useful to students, I'll create a video like this one to break down some of the key lessons in it. These will be IN ADDITION to regular Thursday videos.

Hopefully, these videos will spur your on to actually read those books :)

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Blog post with a summary of these lessons:

My essential reading list for students:

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[noelkinz]

it does not matter if it's good or bad, everything that you repeat you become good at.

[Lmaotfbro]

I love this book! I actually started reading it as a way to start my first habit of reading when I wake up lol. I potentially have ADHD, and I've always used that as an excuse to not accomplish tasks, like homework or my business, but this book has saved me from those excuses and helped me figure out plans to reestablish my reward, thing about my cues/triggers, and restart that belief that I can actually do the things I need and want to do! <3

[DurvaNandapurkar]

Could you please do a video on how to take notes while reading books, not study books but novels or books like "The Power Of Habit"
I love reading but since I don't get enough time in the day to read them at a stretch I tend to forget what I had read earlier, so even if I have read a certain book fully I won't remember what I read exactly.
Please do a video or a blog on this. Thank you and I really love watching your videos :)

[Untryn]

5 steps in this video:

1 ) steps of a habit

- the cue
- the routine
- the reward

2) types of cues

- location
- time
- emotion
- actions of others
- immediately preceding action

3) 4th step of the habit loop “craving”

- this happens because after a while the dopamine rush doesn’t come during the reward phase, it actually comes during the cue phase. Which makes it more ingrained into your routine and that can be good or bad

4) you’ll have more success breaking bad habits when you plan out/ write out the potential pain point that’s going to happen

- ex: I’m gonna feel left out if I don’t smoke some Ganga rn so my plan is to do something else that doesn’t involve smoking but makes me feel good like playing an instrument 🎷

5) keystone habits

- small win habits that spur other good habits

- ex: waking up early can make me feel motivated to be productive and I might get some work done or go on a run

[ariyanadabzadeh]

Dude do a video on getting better at Math specifically please! I think I am speaking for 98% of people here thanks in advance and you are amazing bro keep on!

[MaksimYuryev]

Great video! I'll pick up the audiobook version of this :)

[onekimuralife]

Seen a few reviews of this book now. This is by far the best one. Great job

[mertzthepineapple]

Seeing how productive and successful you are as a person makes me wonder what you do on "lazy days, '' if you even have one lol. Would you consider doing a video on this?

[jaredhighlands]

Am reading it now because of you am also following you and your podcast. Very good as a college student with issues with focusing.

[speakerleora]

Duhigg wrote a wonderful book, and this video is quite good too. Great way to get a quick lesson on habit.

[lovexxxice]

Thanks as always Thomas. This is my favorite channel. You deserve more subs and views just keep it up!

[TheAnxietyGuy]

Great stuff Thomas would love to have you as a guest on the anxiety guy podcast to share some of your wisdom with the listeners. Keep up the great work.

[hsaengerp]

Thank you so much Thomas, you made my day, as I am unable to buy books in English where I live . You explain it so easily that I am speechless. By the way I could not find the 5 chapters. Thank you again for sharing !

[paul]

I just down loaded this book from the library to my kindle. I liked and subscribed.

[beautifulstarsbookzone]

1.All habits can be broken down into a three-step process.
Habits are triggered by cues which then lead into a routine and the routine ultimately culminates in a reward.

2.Almost all cues fall into one of five different categories.

[kinjalshah]

Its a beautiful book and sure helps in creating new habits although replacing your old habits could be a challenge. Would appreciate if you could help with that. Reading about it in the book was sure interesting but putting it to action seems a lot more difficult. And yes, Great video❤

[AyeshaNoelle]

This book was dusting on my shelves for way to long! Thank you for the great summary Thomas!

[iBeitaCR]

Awesome idea about the "5 lessons" series!! Can't wait to see more :) I just finished reading "The Slight Edge" by Jeff Olson and at the end of the book Jeff provides a huge list of other life-transforming books, which is how I found out about "The Power of Habit". Thanks to you I've also started writing notes on books I read. It makes a huge difference when it comes to remembering what I read. So thankful I found your channel!!

[franciscocarrasco]

Great Review Bro! This book was very powerful to me. It helped me in so many great ways! Especially in forming healthier habits and helped me better understand why other as humans we easily form the habits we do. It's such a helpful book as well for parents!

[georgefokas]

Just finished the book and i was curious to see how people put together a summary. Nice breakdown!!