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.

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.

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

It is facile to imply that smoking, alcoholism, overeating, or other ingrained patters can be upended without real effort. Genuine change requires work and self-understanding of the cravings driving behaviours.

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

The more you focus, the more that focus becomes a habit.