A movement starts because of the social habits of friendship and the strong ties between close acquaintances. It grows because of the habits of a community, and the weak ties that hold neighborhoods and clans together. And it endures because a movement's leaders give participants new habits that create a fresh sense of identity and a feeling of ownership.

Companies aren’t families. They’re battlefields in a civil war.

Small wins are a steady application of a small advantage.

Most of the choices we make each day may feel like the products of well-considered decision making, but they’re not. They’re habits.

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

The problem is that your brain can't tell the difference between bad and good habits, and so if you have a bad one, it's always lurking there, waiting for the right cues and rewards.

America is the Saudi Arabia of coal.