If you tell people that they have what it takes to succeed, they'll prove you right

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

Willpower isn’t just a skill. It’s a muscle, like the muscles in your arms or legs, and it gets tired as it works harder, so there’s less power left over for other things.

Once you understand that habits can change, you have the freedom and the responsibility to remake them. Once you understand that habits can be rebuilt, the power of habit becomes easier to grasp and the only option left is to get to work.

Rather, to change a habit, you must keep the old cue, and deliver the old reward, but insert a new routine.

When a habit emerges, the brain stops fully participating in decision making. It stops working so hard, or diverts focus to other tasks. So unless you deliberately fight a habit -- unless you find new routines -- the pattern will unfold automatically.

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