Companies aren’t families. They’re battlefields in a civil war. Yet despite this capacity for internecine warfare, most companies roll along relatively peacefully, year after year, because they have routines—habits—that create truces that allow everyone to set aside their rivalries long enough to get a day’s work done.

Self-discipline has a bigger effect on academic performance than does intellectual talent.

There’s something about it that makes other good habits easier.

The cooperation of NASCAR - or any other system, it turns out - persists only when everyone believes he has the opportunity to win.

What studies say the number one best way to start an exercise habit is to give yourself a reward that you genuinely enjoy.

Small wins are a steady application of a small advantage.

At some point, if you're changing a really deep-seated behavior, you're going to have a moment of weakness.