The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do, and How to Change Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Charles Duhigg (Author), Mike Chamberlain (Narrator), Random House AudioBooks (Publisher)

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There's never been a better time to set new habits. This book will change your life.

Why do we do develop habits? And how can we change them?

We can always change. In The Power of Habit, award-winning New York Times business reporter Charles Duhigg translates cutting-edge behavioural science into practical self-improvement action, distilling advanced neuroscience into fascinating narratives of transformation.

Why can some people and companies change overnight and some stay stuck in their old ruts? The answer lies deep in the human brain, and The Power of Habits reveals the secret pressure points that can change a life. From Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps to Martin Luther King Jr., from the CEO of Starbucks to the locker rooms of the NFL, Duhigg explores the incredible results of keystone habits and how they can make all the difference between billions and millions, failure and success – or even life and death.

The Power of Habit makes an exhilarating case: the key to almost any door in life is instilling the right habit. From exercise to weight loss, child-rearing to productivity, market disruption to social revolution and above all success, the right habits can change everything.

Habits aren't destiny. They’re science, one which can transform our businesses, our communities and our lives.

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10 hours and 53 minutes
Author

Charles Duhigg
Narrator

Mike Chamberlain
Audible release date

5 April 2012
Language

English
Publisher

Random House AudioBooks
ASIN

B086VJC48Q
Version

Unabridged
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Audiobook
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Listening Length	10 hours and 53 minutes
Author	Charles Duhigg
Narrator	Mike Chamberlain
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Audible.com.au Release Date	05 April 2012
Publisher	Random House AudioBooks
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B086VJC48Q
Best Sellers Rank	335 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) 2 in Organisational Behaviour (Books) 3 in Organisational Behaviour (Audible Books & Originals) 7 in Science (Audible Books & Originals)

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Mark Pope

Maybe it's just me, but... (Updated)

Reviewed in Australia on 23 October 2017

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This is an update to my original review which is included below. I originally gave the book 2 stars, but have now changed that to 4 stars.

In my original review talked about how I felt the book didn't cover the "how to change" part of the title. I later discovered that it did in the Appendix to the book. I read this book in the form of an eBook on the kindle reader which requested the review before I got to see the appendix.

So. How to change is covered in the appendix, and it collects all the information together in a short example of changing a habit. This tied up the loose ends for me and I felt that I now had some tools to help me deal with all my unwanted habits.

In the end I would recommend the book, but be ready to stick at it through some of the chapters.

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I found this book in parts interesting and in parts a chore to read. For me the content dragged on at times, and a maybe in too much detail that was not needed.

At the end of it all I feel the "why we do what we do" was covered, but the "how to change" was not. Or at least "how to change" was not clear enough to me.

Maybe another read through the book will make a difference.

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Nath P

Good the quality and the data fades in later chapters

Reviewed in Australia on 15 April 2018

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I like this book; its easy to read and its made me more aware of how much habits dictate so much of our behaviour. BUT I think it overreaches the data in later chapters when it looks at organisational and keystone habits . It simply doesn't have the data to state those big conclusions. the Amcol and Phelps stories in particular seem to be very narrow looks at far more complex situations... with other important elements being ignored

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Owen Clouston

Insightful, helpful, instructive

Reviewed in Australia on 9 March 2020

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I really loved the layout of this book. It provided good evidence to support Charles' conclusions on how one can change their habits. Using real life examples. I would recommend this book to everyone and give it as a gift. A great and ready to read book with so much wisdom, advice and helpful instruction. I chose my rating because any book I'd give away is worthy of it.

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Nicolas

Good read! Wish it had more specifics on how to.

Reviewed in Australia on 25 October 2019

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Liked this book and the examples it has but personally I was expecting a bit more of a guidance of where to start with this given that there are so many habits and sometimes is even harder to actually figure out what you are doing wrong.

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Joel M

Best book on habits that i've ever read

Reviewed in Australia on 16 March 2019

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Have been fortunate enough to have read a number of books on habits and how they impact our lives and this is the best one i've come across. Very interesting scientific research included and practical ways to think about your own habits

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Savvysteve

Habit Is Good!

Reviewed in Australia on 3 April 2018

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Great understanding of what human intelligence is REALLY all about. Makes you realize just how lucky we are to have so much of what we do on "auto-pilot". But don't EVER make fun at a row of sheep wondering across a paddock.

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Farman

Neutral

Reviewed in Australia on 5 August 2021

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Nice book, it has a lot of examples but, it is hard to follow. A lot of facts and mixed-up cases. Quality is very low as well. Pages torn apart

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Michael Kane

Easy to get. Fun to read

Reviewed in Australia on 1 May 2018

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You can pretty much get the gist of it in the first third of the book. I did enjoy the stories and anecdotes making it an easy read to the end. It made me think a little differently about habits too. What more could a book ask for?

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Callum

Incredible

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 September 2018

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Believe me or not, but everything i’m Writing here is true.
I’m a 20 y/o pretty normal male, living in England
And this book has completely changed my life.
I was a regular smoker of both tobacco and cannabis, and the routine change taught in this book, and the methods of distraction taught in this book has helped me so much. I just want to say Thanks to Charles for making such an enjoyable book, which has taught me a lot about habits.
10/10 would read again.
Callum

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Liam Kelleher

25% incredibly useful, 75% drivel

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 August 2019

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“Self-help books” are like chain restaurants. There are too many of them, most of them are rubbish, but you can’t deny that they are useful.

Habit is a book that is extremely useful. We start off with some obvious but solid reminders of how what we perceive as excellence is habit. It’s not about “grit” as some other books would say.

Simply setting a reminder to go to bed and putting your trainers next to your bed every night is a better way to get exercising than watching motivational videos on YouTube. Humans look for the way way out. Make things easy. Create a reward loop and you will develop a habit.

After a solid start the book falters and diverges quickly. Stories become way too drawn out and - I would argue - not relevant to the reason most people buy this book. We get a long chapter on how supermarkets are monitoring our shopping habits via reward cards and can tell if your are pregnant from your food grocery list.

We have a chapter that massively drags on how a cassino kept a gambler coming back but stimulating her habit and reminding her of the rewards (debt in this case).

Like many self help books, you want to throw it out the window at times. But it’s got a solid thesis. I now keep my trainers next to my bed and have created a habit I never thought feasible. Thus the book is worth it’s weight of gold. It’s just got a core of lead to go along with it.

97 people found this helpful

Janie U

Surprised how interesting I found this book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 August 2018

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I bought this book so I could learn more about habits within an organisation. I quickly realised those habits were too deep and moved on so the book became less relevant. Picking it up again several months later, I see that it explores habits of individuals and society rather than just organisations so I decided that it might be interesting.
Quickly I found myself engrossed by the ideas explored in this book. Lots of examples and research is examined to look at how habits form and how they can be changed.
The book is split into three sections - individuals, organisations and society in general. I found the first two sections extremely engaging but thought that the society narrative was slightly less well defined and held my interest less.
Very cleverly, real people are used to prove theories and familiar companies are used as examples of habit changes.
I was surprised how interesting I found this book and have talked about it to various people whilst I was reading.

78 people found this helpful

Amazon Customer

Absolutely Fascinating

Reviewed in India on 12 May 2018

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Habit is a choice that we deliberately make at some point and then stop thinking about it, but continue doing, often every day. Author in this book examines why some people and organizations struggle to change while others seem to rediscover themselves by building a compelling argument around the power of habits.

This book is divided into three parts. Each part explains a different aspect of why habits exist and how they function.

The examples used in this book are so powerful and relevant that reader will feel a lot of wow moments. This is one of the books which we need to read again and again.

145 people found this helpful

Rahul

[Read before you buy] - duplicate book

Reviewed in India on 19 October 2020

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Everyone knows that it’s a really good book by Charles Duhigg, no doubt in that. But this sellers is giving a duplicate version of the book which is having very rough paper quality and poor print. It’s really a shame that such seller exists on amazon which sells product at 4-5 times costlier than offline.
You can easily purchase such low quality printed book at 50-100rs from people selling outside metro station in delhi or at traffic lights in any city or from any local bookstore.
Also you can NOT RETURN THE BOOK ONCE PURCHASED.
It’s better to buy the ebook or kindle book than investing 400-500 on such a cheap quality book.
Purchased at 456 rs.
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