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

This is the real power of habit: the insight that your habits are what you choose them to be.

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.

Making your bed every morning is correlated with better productivity, a greater sense of well-being, and stronger skills at sticking with a budget.

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

If you want to do something that requires willpower - like going for a run after work - you have to conserve your willpower muscle during the day.

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