![]() He has discovered that there are what he calls keystone habits, where change in them will trigger a whole host of other changes. The book is bound to be helpful to those suffering from mental illnesses, to their loved ones, and to all of us.ĭuhigg refers to neuroscientific studies of the brain and brain imaging to help us understand habit formation and how to change habits. Most behavioral disorders are exacerbated by habits that get in the way of healing. These habits help explain alcoholism, addiction to gambling, anxiety, depression, smoking, over-eating and under-exercising, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and a host of other behaviors. ![]() He analyzes the nature of these routines and how we may go about changing them. So much of our functioning includes chunks of habits. And he points out that without most of our life operating out of habit, we would be cognitively overwhelmed. ![]() His writing is informed by a review of many, many scientific articles. “Ninety-nine percent of human activity is done out of mere habit.”Ĭharles Duhigg, a graduate of Yale University and the Harvard Business School and winner of numerous awards among them, awards from the National Academies of Sciences and National Journalism, and finalist for the 2009 Pulitzer Prize has written a much-acclaimed book. ![]() “All our life, so far as it has definite form, is but a mass of habits,” William James wrote. ![]()
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