The brain has this amazing ability to find happiness even when the memories of it are gone.

Once people learned how to believe in something, that skill started spilling over to other parts of their lives, until they started believing they could change. Belief was the ingredient that made a reworked habit loop into a permanent behavior.

Change might not be fast and it isn't always easy. But with time and effort, almost any habit can be reshaped.

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

As people strengthened their willpower muscles in one part of their lives—in the gym, or a money management program—that strength spilled over into what they ate or how hard they worked. Once willpower became stronger, it touched everything.

The brain has this amazing ability to find happiness even when the memories of it are gone.

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