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

But countless studies have shown that a cue and a reward, on their own, aren't enough for a new habit to last. Only when your brain starts expecting the reward--craving the endorphins or sense of accomplishment--will it become automatic to lace up your jogging shoes each morning. The cue, in addition to triggering a routine, must also trigger a craving for the reward to come.

I think I'm smart, and I know I was a good mom. But there wasn't a lot I could point to and say, that's why I'm special.

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.

Between calculated risk and reckless decision-making lies the dividing line between profit and loss.

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

Some say because music is as much about personal expression as listening pleasure, sharing is integral to why songs have value in the first place.