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Charles Duhigg

2 months

Supercommunicators just spent its 22nd week on the New York Times bestseller list, so I want to share 10 🚫shallow questions vs. 🤝deep questions to help you become a supercommunicator at work: A thread 🧵

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Charles Duhigg

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4 years

For the last month, I’ve been trying to figure out why New York and Seattle fared so different in the pandemic. The result came out today in @NewYorker :

Seattle’s Leaders Let Scientists Take the Lead. New York’s Did Not

The initial coronavirus outbreaks on the East and West Coasts emerged at roughly the same time. But the danger was communicated very differently.

www.newyorker.com

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People won’t stop staring at their phones, so a Dutch town put traffic lights on the ground

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The Netflix Hit “RRR” Is a Political Screed, an Action Bonanza, and an Exhilarating Musical

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New Yorkers stayed strong in their own fashion:

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For the last 6 months, I’ve been embedded in OpenAI and Microsoft, studying how they build AI. Then Sam Altman was fired, sparking a five-day crisis that some insiders started calling the “Turkey-Shoot Clusterfuck.” I had a front row seat. 🧵

The Inside Story of Microsoft’s Partnership with OpenAI

The companies had honed a protocol for releasing artificial intelligence ambitiously but safely. Then OpenAI’s board exploded all their carefully laid plans.

www.newyorker.com

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4 years

One reason: Seattle followed the communications advice of the Epidemic Intelligence Service, a division of the CDC.

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Seattle, on the other hand, moved fast and put communications in scientists’ hands – making public health official Dr. Jeff Duchin into an unlikely celebrity.

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It got so bad that some of de Blasio’s health officials said they would resign if the mayor didn’t order social distancing more quickly and start giving better advice.

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Charles Duhigg

@cduhigg

4 years

You can find the story here:

Seattle’s Leaders Let Scientists Take the Lead. New York’s Did Not

The initial coronavirus outbreaks on the East and West Coasts emerged at roughly the same time. But the danger was communicated very differently.

www.newyorker.com

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@cduhigg

4 years

Whereas in New York, politicians led communications – and often dispensed bad advice.

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Seattle was the first epicenter of the U.S. coronavirus outbreak. But by mid-April, New Yorkers were dying at six times the rate of Washington State residents.

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4 years

I am really looking forward to getting back to precedented times.

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Even as it was clear the pandemic was moving through New York, mayor Bill de Blasio and governor Andrew Cuomo kept fighting with each other.

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Eventually, New York instituted social distancing rules as strict as Seattle’s. But because New York moved slower and communications were more muddled, it took longer to impact how New Yorkers behaved.

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Charles Duhigg

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4 years

My existence is justified:

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4 years

Room Rater Update. Not a great room-we’re anti fish art-but credit where due to @cduhigg for straightening the frames. 6/10

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Charles Duhigg

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4 years

I hope you’ll read the piece – which was guided and edited by the inestimable Daniel Zalewski and fact checked by Teresa Mathew ( @_teamat ) and Dennis Zhou. (Dennis’s parents, incidentally, are EIS officers.)

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4 years

And de Blasio kept repeating suggestions that health officials had told him were wrong.

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Charles Duhigg

@cduhigg

9 years

My new book "Smarter Faster Better" is now available! Jumpstart your productivity today!

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Charles Duhigg

@cduhigg

6 years

1/ Why are so many people so angry? And what can we do about it? I spent much of the last year reporting a story for @theatlantic on who is to blame for all of the fury coursing through our politics and our personal lives.

The Real Roots of American Rage

The untold story of how anger became the dominant emotion in our politics and personal lives—and what we can do about it.

www.theatlantic.com

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As a result, more people died.

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5 years

The @NewYorker just published my latest story: Regulators hopes to rein in @amazon , and the company is preparing to fight back. The story is at

Is Amazon Unstoppable?

Politicians want to rein in the retail giant. But Jeff Bezos, the master of cutthroat capitalism, is ready to fight back.

www.newyorker.com

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Charles Duhigg

@cduhigg

7 years

What Did Martin Shkreli Do to Make the Internet So Angry?

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4 years

Over the past year, I’ve been trying to answer the question: Who is responsible for the WeWork catastrophe? Why didn’t the board or venture capitalists stop C.E.O. Adam Neumann from wasting billions of dollars and almost destroying the company?

How Venture Capitalists Are Deforming Capitalism

Even the worst-run startup can beat competitors if investors prop it up. The V.C. firm Benchmark helped enable WeWork to make one wild mistake after another—hoping that its gamble would pay off...

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Charles Duhigg

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7 years

Old habits die hard. #DayOneInsights #entrepreneurship

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9 years

Neuroscientist Sam Harris Selects 12 Books Every Intelligent Person Should Read http://t.co/kHgWxp3TTj from @brainpickings

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7 years

Kim Dotcom could be building bitcoin’s killer app

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3 years

@briantylercohen This is a beautiful defense of trans rights, and example of a father's love, which are, and should be, synonymous.

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@cduhigg

4 years

Today's @politico article about Hope Hicks and @realDonaldTrump 's messaging during coronavirus offers an interesting contrast with the @BarackObama administration.

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5 months

Thank you to everyone who has supported my new book - I can't tell you how much I appreciate it.

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Charles Duhigg

@cduhigg

2 years

My new favorite 1 star review of the trolley that runs over people:

A Passenger’s One-Star Review of the Trolley Ride from the Trolley Problem

Where to even begin? I mean, first of all, we killed a guy. My general rule of thumb is this: if I have to witness someone’s death, you’re not gett...

www.mcsweeneys.net

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Charles Duhigg

@cduhigg

4 years

You should absolutely read this @JaneMayerNYer piece about Mitch McConnell in the @NewYorker . It is amazing and insane:

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Charles Duhigg

@cduhigg

4 years

Just in case you haven't heard about it until now (tho, you should have, because, like, 30 people have already recommended it to me), you should read this beautiful article by @nxthompson about running, his father and life:

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Charles Duhigg

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4 years

Best tweet of the day:

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If I mysteriously disappear, this will be why

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Charles Duhigg

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6 years

What was it like to work at Tesla this year as Model 3 production ramped up and the CEO melted down? My latest story in @WIRED

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Charles Duhigg

@cduhigg

4 years

Congrats to @brianstelter ! Everyone should order this book!

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4 years

Publication day tweet! My book "HOAX: Donald Trump, Fox News, and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth" is out today. And I have some news-about-the-news...

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Charles Duhigg

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4 years

This is what tech looks like when it's run by responsible people! Refreshing to see it happen.

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Charles Duhigg

@cduhigg

8 years

Click to read my brand-new annotations of POH, and check out my baby face.

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Charles Duhigg

@cduhigg

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The daily content you choose to consume shapes your thoughts and behaviors; make it a habit to consume content that supports your growth.

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8 years

I'm always proud to be @nytimes , but when @MikeIsaac writes stuff like this, it's even easier.

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@cduhigg

13 years

Target knows if you are pregnant - even if you don't want them to. http://t.co/10PGa9Ec

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5 years

Two New Moms Return to Work — One in Seattle, One in Stockholm

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@cduhigg

4 years

This piece by @lawrence_wright in this week's @NewYorker is amazing, devastating, and what we will read, a decade from now, to understand 2020.

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Charles Duhigg

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7 months

My new book on the science of communications - Supercommunicators - is out next week, and the Wall Street Journal was kind enough to excerpt it in the Weekend Journal:

Essay | How to Become a ‘Supercommunicator’

We can all learn the techniques for saying the right thing and connecting with others. The key is to make sure you’re having the same sort of conversation as the person you’re trying to reach.

www.wsj.com

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Charles Duhigg

@cduhigg

6 years

My latest piece in the New York Times Magazine:

America’s Professional Elite: Wealthy, Successful and Miserable (Published 2019)

The upper echelon is hoarding money and privilege to a degree not seen in decades. But that doesn’t make them happy at work.

www.nytimes.com

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Charles Duhigg

@cduhigg

4 years

And, most notably, Obama bent over backwards to compliment Republicans, because he didn’t want to politicize the pandemic (again, a CDC recommendation):

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Charles Duhigg

@cduhigg

8 years

Why do people who handwrite their notes remember twice as much as those that don’t? It’s because they are engaging with their materials!

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4 years

@ratemyskyperoom I will never fix the frames. Live crooked 4ever.

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8 years

Barack Obama’s Criminally Underrated Jobs Record

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4 years

What's the best piece of advice you've received this year?

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4 years

This is not only an amazing ad, but amazing that New Zealand has a campaign about teaching children how to avoid confusing online porn and real life.

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7 years

Should Google Be Sued for Antitrust? My latest from the NYT Magazine: ?

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@cduhigg

4 years

The WSJ should be embarrassed for publishing this - and, as the husband of a PhD, let me just say: She's all doc to me. @MontereyFishLab

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Charles Duhigg

@cduhigg

8 years

Napping makes us Smarter Faster Better - getting ready for tonight at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco!

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Charles Duhigg

@cduhigg

6 years

This might be the best thing I've read all day.

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TL;DR: guy takes his girlfriend to see Jordan Peterson speak, she immediately tells him she wants to see other people, he doesn't understand why.

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7 years

Rosanne Cash on How Science Saved Her Life, the Source of Every Artist’s Power, and Her… from @brainpickings

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Charles Duhigg

@cduhigg

5 years

@JayCarney @kenbensinger @ceodonovan @amazon @BernieSanders @JeffBezos @RMac18 It is completely fair to challenge reporters - but @kenbensinger and @ceodonovan are great reporters. Absolutely nothing they've written about @amazon or other companies suggests political advocacy. They tirelessly found documents and interviews 1/

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Charles Duhigg

@cduhigg

8 years

What motivates people to complete difficult tasks? When they're delivered not as commands, but as choices.

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Charles Duhigg

@cduhigg

2 months

Whether we call it love, or friendship, or simply having a great conversation, achieving authentic, meaningful connection is the most important thing in life. Schedule a call with that friend you haven’t seen in a year.

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Charles Duhigg

@cduhigg

6 years

For reasons I don't understand, sometimes Amazon puts The Power of Habit on sale at a huge discount. So, if you feel like buying, now's the time!

The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

www.amazon.com

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Charles Duhigg

@cduhigg

7 years

My latest NYT column: Why the Chase Sapphire Reserve is beating Amex in the Snob wars:

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@cduhigg

3 years

@crampell @lizzieohreally Also the baby looks fab. Not as fab as your hair, but close. Also: I remember when we saw you on the street at that baby was still inside you! Crazy. And: Hi Catherine!

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@cduhigg

4 years

When I was writing my first book, I was so freaked out that it was going to fail - so totally scared of it all the time - that one night, I had to just imagine what it would feel like, pretend that it had totally failed, and let myself just be with it for a full night 1/2

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You know what's really good? The Queen's Gambit. And, like, literally every other show that was taped before this evening. Much better than live TV right now.

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Charles Duhigg

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3 years

Thank you, jury members, for nudging the nation back to a path towards sanity.

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Charles Duhigg

@cduhigg

7 years

Simple math is why Elon Musk’s companies keep doing what others don’t even consider possible

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Charles Duhigg

@cduhigg

8 years

I'm starting a podcast with the @nytimes ! To learn more and share your story with me, click the link

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Charles Duhigg

@cduhigg

9 years

An excerpt from my book (How Google Tried to Build The Perfect Team) is at NYT!

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@cduhigg

4 years

Compare that with Obama, who deliberately stayed away from the cameras during H1N1, at the advice of the CDC:

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Charles Duhigg

@cduhigg

3 years

One thing I like about The Witcher: If you leave the room, and come back 10 minutes later, it doesn't matter, because you had no idea what was going on before either.

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4 years

I love this so much.

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@cduhigg

4 years

I hear there was a superb owl this evening. Great horned? Barn? Pray, due tell.

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3 years

Thanks for having me on @profgalloway ! You are a great questioner - and congrats on the CNN gig!

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@profgalloway

3 years

Great speaking to @cduhigg , bestselling author of "The Power of Habit," about productivity & new habits we've adopted during Covid. Also: How #SPACs work 🎧👉 #ProfGPod

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4 years

That is … different than what Trump is doing:

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Charles Duhigg

@cduhigg

6 years

18/ If you’re angry, and you don’t know how to stop being angry, you’re far from alone—but it doesn’t have to be this way.

The Real Roots of American Rage

The untold story of how anger became the dominant emotion in our politics and personal lives—and what we can do about it.

www.theatlantic.com

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Charles Duhigg

@cduhigg

2 years

Thank you @jayshetty for having me on your podcast! That was AMAZING! (And hopefully someday I'll have hair as good as yours.)

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2 years

This week on the podcast I sit down with @cduhigg to discuss hacking your brain to change your habits 🧠🤯 Full talk right here 👉

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4 years

@benedictevans Benedict - thanks for your tweet. I'm a fan of your newsletter. Although VC might have a specific and limited definition in your book - as a certain kind of professional - it has a pretty common use in the vernacular: People who invest in

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9 years

@tferriss It's really good.

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Charles Duhigg

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5 years

@MikeIsaac just come! on an airplane! no life swapping needed. We're in playa guyones near nosara and we surf everyday and occasionally drink beer and I can do reporting from here. so, basically, im never coming back.

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Charles Duhigg

@cduhigg

8 years

#Productivity is about more than just getting things done. It’s about accomplishing something w/o sacrificing everything you care about.

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Charles Duhigg

@cduhigg

6 months

When you talk to @richroll , you meet someone who is authentic, and wonderful, and wise, and who brings so much of his full self to every conversation.

Charles Duhigg: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Charles Duhigg joins Rich to talk about 'Supercommunicators,' delving into the neuroscience and psychology of human connection.

www.richroll.com

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Charles Duhigg

@cduhigg

8 years

What Makes People Feel Upbeat at Work: Creating a positive work environment sounds like a no... from @mkonnikova

What Makes People Feel Upbeat at Work

How can an employer create an upbeat workplace? By not telling people to be positive.

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Charles Duhigg

@cduhigg

7 years

Reading Bill O’Reilly’s Old Novel About a TV Newsman Who Murders Several People After Losing His Job

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Anthony Levandowski, of Googe/Waymo and then Uber and the Federal Court, is going to prison (which, frankly, I think is crazy.)

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“Nobody came out of this looking especially terrific."

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Charles Duhigg

@cduhigg

4 years

Studies show that settling in with a book before bed helps you get a better night’s sleep, boosts your mood, and reduces stress. Start building your sleep habit today. @penguinrandom

Read your way to better sleep - Tools to Build Your Read to Sleep Habit | Penguin Random House

Discover these books on sleep and mediation to help build healthy habits.

www.penguinrandomhouse.com

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@cduhigg

6 years

For reasons I don't understand, sometimes Amazon puts The Power of Habit on sale at a huge discount. So, if you feel like buying, now's the time!

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Charles Duhigg

@cduhigg

2 years

The power of Habit is on sale on kindle for $2.99

The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

www.amazon.com

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Charles Duhigg

@cduhigg

11 years

I'll be on The Colbert Report this evening, in case that's your type of thing.

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Charles Duhigg

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4 years

There should be something on twitter where if you see some incomprehensible meme, you can push a button and it will tell you what everyone is parodying, rather than having to search for 20 minutes for something as dumb as this:

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After 2 weeks of multiple health screens and asking everyone to quarantine, I surprised my closest inner circle with a trip to a private island where we could pretend things were normal just for a brief moment in time.

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@JayCarney @kenbensinger @ceodonovan @amazon @BernieSanders @JeffBezos @RMac18 to document conditions that anyone - even Amazon execs - have argued deserve attention. To demean their motives is ad hominem and unfair - to both journalists, and activists, both of whom do noble (but very different) work. 2/2

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Charles Duhigg

@cduhigg

4 years

You can read more about the Obama response here:

Seattle’s Leaders Let Scientists Take the Lead. New York’s Did Not

The initial coronavirus outbreaks on the East and West Coasts emerged at roughly the same time. But the danger was communicated very differently.

www.newyorker.com

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@cduhigg

7 years

The creator of “Cards Against Humanity” is threatening to buy and expose US Congress members’ browsing history

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What’s a single habit that, for you, sets off a domino of other good behaviors?

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And, it kind of worked. It sucked, but from then on, I felt less scared, like I had figured out how, precisely, things would be bad, and I knew I could survive. And I kind of feel, strangely, like the same thing might help now? Like its the dread that's the worst? 2/2

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Why the CEO Shouldn’t Also Be the Board Chair

Recent debacles at Boeing, WeWork, and Facebook illustrate why organizations should be wary of giving the CEO job and the board chair job to one person. These cases also confirm what the authors have...

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4 years

There is only one image actually moving in this graphic:

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東方錯視警察の神プレイ動画を発掘した

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