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

The best agencies understood the importance of routines. The worst agencies were headed by people who never thought about it, and then wondered why no one followed their orders.

Hiding what you know is sometimes as important as knowing it.

Research suggests that investment bankers are more prone to commit fraud when they feel the competitor at their heels.

Simply giving employees a sense of agency- a feeling that they are in control, that they have genuine decision-making authority - can radically increase how much energy and focus they bring to their jobs.

What we know from lab studies is that it's never too late to break a habit. Habits are malleable throughout your entire life. But we also know that the best way to change a habit is to understand its structure - that once you tell people about the cue and the reward and you force them to recognize what those factors are in a behavior, it becomes much, much easier to change.

The Golden Rule of Habit Change: You can't extinguish a bad habit, you can only change it.