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About Charles Duhigg
I've worked at the Times since 2006. In 2013, I was part of a team that won the Pulitzer Prize for a series about Apple named "The iEconomy". Before that, I contributed to NYT series about the 2008 financial crisis, how companies take advantage of the elderly and national violations of the Safe Drinking Water Act. (For those series, I won the National Journalism Award, the Investigative Reporters and Editors' Medal, the National Academies' reporting award and other recognitions.)
But let's be honest, you aren't visiting this page so I can brag about series and awards. (Unless you're my mom. Hi mom!)
I'm also a native of New Mexico. I studied history at Yale and received an MBA from Harvard Business School. I now live in Brooklyn with my wife and two children and, before becoming a journalist, was a bike messenger in San Francisco for one terrifying day.
I would love to hear from you. I'm at charles@charlesduhigg.com.
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Thank you to everyone who has been so helpful over the past two years. It’s enormously kind of you. To a great 2014, and beyond!
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Blog postIt’s 2014! Congratulations on making it through another year! If you’re anything like me, New Years is also a great time to take stock and determine how you want to completely transform every aspect of your life. (Or, at least, figure out how to exercise every day. Or, you know, once a month.) Luckily, we’ve…Read More
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Blog postOne of the nicest things about writing a series like the iEconomy is that it provides an opportunity to reflect on the mission of journalism. I was fortunate to attend the RFK Journalism Awards this week and get exposed to really fantastic investigative work occurring at a variety of news organizations. (This segment, from the sadly passed Rock Center, is a great example of what television reporting can accomplish.)
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Blog postHi! If you happen to be a VWC student, then let me say: welcome to college! You are about to have a great time!
(If you’re not a student, a quick note of explanation: VWC is using The Power of Habit as part of their First Year Experience, and so every student will read the book.)
In any event, if you are a student and have any questions, I would love to hear from you (just email me at charles@charlesduhigg.com). There’s a video for you here.
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Blog postThis blog has become, unfortunately, a bit of a cesspool of bragging. That’s gonna change! I promise!
But, in the meantime, I’m receiving a Pulitzer Prize next week, which is nice. So, I thought I would mention it. (The prize is for the iEconomy series, which appeared in the New York Times, and was co-authored by 9 other reporters, all of whom are amazing.)
Many non-self-infatuated posts to come. I promise.
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Blog postThank you. The Power of Habit, as of this writing, has been on the NYT bestseller list for 37 weeks, which is – to be totally honest – kind of surreal. And, it’s been translated into 31 other languages. I did not know that there were 31 other languages. All of that is true because…Read More
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Blog postI became a journalist, in part, because of the radio program This American Life.
So, it’s an enormous treat for me that this weekend, they are airing a show that is built, in part, around a chapter from my book. If you like (a) This American Life, (b) stories about gambling, (c) stories about people loosing almost $1 million dollars, (d) stories about people suing casinos, (e) The Power of Habit, then might I suggest you check your local listings and tune in?
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Blog postAt long last, I have flowcharts!
Have you ever been sitting at work, wondering to yourself, “is there a flowchart that can tell me how to change a habit?”
Now there is! Please feel free to download, email, post on your wall, send to friends or make paper airplanes out of this handy guide to changing a habit.
Click here to download! (Right click on link to save to your desktop.)
Coming soon: a flowchart for creating a habit.
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Blog postThank you to everyone who has helped make The Power of Habit such a success. I can’t tell you how much I appreciate it.
The list, if you are interested, is here.
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Blog postThe folks at Morning Edition and the TODAY Show were kind enough to have me on this week to talk about The Power of Habit. If you have any thoughts, I would love to hear them.
Here’s links to the appearances:
The TODAY Show
NPR’s Morning Edition
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This instant classic explores how we can change our lives by changing our habits.
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Wall Street Journal • Financial Times
In The Power of Habit, award-winning business reporter Charles Duhigg takes us to the thrilling edge of scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed. Distilling vast amounts of information into engrossing narratives that take us from the boardrooms of Procter & Gamble to the sidelines of the NFL to the front lines of the civil rights movement, Duhigg presents a whole new understanding of human nature and its potential. At its core, The Power of Habit contains an exhilarating argument: The key to exercising regularly, losing weight, being more productive, and achieving success is understanding how habits work. As Duhigg shows, by harnessing this new science, we can transform our businesses, our communities, and our lives.
With a new Afterword by the author
“Sharp, provocative, and useful.”—Jim Collins
“Few [books] become essential manuals for business and living. The Power of Habit is an exception. Charles Duhigg not only explains how habits are formed but how to kick bad ones and hang on to the good.”—Financial Times
“A flat-out great read.”—David Allen, bestselling author of Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
“You’ll never look at yourself, your organization, or your world quite the same way.”—Daniel H. Pink, bestselling author of Drive and A Whole New Mind
“Entertaining . . . enjoyable . . . fascinating . . . a serious look at the science of habit formation and change.”—The New York Times Book Review
At the core of Smarter Faster Better are eight key productivity concepts—from motivation and goal setting to focus and decision making—that explain why some people and companies get so much done. Drawing on the latest findings in neuroscience, psychology, and behavioral economics—as well as the experiences of CEOs, educational reformers, four-star generals, FBI agents, airplane pilots, and Broadway songwriters—this painstakingly researched book explains that the most productive people, companies, and organizations don’t merely act differently.
They view the world, and their choices, in profoundly different ways.
A young woman drops out of a PhD program and starts playing poker. By training herself to envision contradictory futures, she learns to anticipate her opponents’ missteps—and becomes one of the most successful players in the world.
A group of data scientists at Google embark on a four-year study of how the best teams function, and find that how a group interacts is more important than who is in the group—a principle, it turns out, that also helps explain why Saturday Night Live became a hit.
A Marine Corps general, faced with low morale among recruits, reimagines boot camp—and discovers that instilling a “bias toward action” can turn even the most directionless teenagers into self-motivating achievers.
The filmmakers behind Disney’s Frozen are nearly out of time and on the brink of catastrophe—until they shake up their team in just the right way, spurring a creative breakthrough that leads to one of the highest-grossing movies of all time.
What do these people have in common?
They know that productivity relies on making certain choices. The way we frame our daily decisions; the big ambitions we embrace and the easy goals we ignore; the cultures we establish as leaders to drive innovation; the way we interact with data: These are the things that separate the merely busy from the genuinely productive.
In The Power of Habit, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Charles Duhigg explained why we do what we do. In Smarter Faster Better, he applies the same relentless curiosity, deep reporting, and rich storytelling to explain how we can improve at the things we do. It’s a groundbreaking exploration of the science of productivity, one that can help anyone learn to succeed with less stress and struggle, and to get more done without sacrificing what we care about most—to become smarter, faster, and better at everything we do.
En El poder de los hábitos, el premiado periodista Charles Duhigg nos lleva al límite de los descubrimientos científicos que explican por qué existen los hábitos, cómo nos condicionan y cómo cambiarlos. Duhigg ofrece una gran cantidad de información en una fascinante narrativa que nos lleva a las salas de reuniones de Procter & Gamble, a las gradas de la NFL, y hasta al movimiento por los derechos civiles, y presenta una manera completamente nueva de entender la naturaleza humana y su potencial.
En esencia, El poder de los hábitos contiene un mensaje estimulante: la clave para hacer ejercicio con regularidad, perder peso, ser más productivo y conseguir el éxito consiste en entender el modo en que funcionan los hábitos. Como demuestra Duhigg, si somos capaces de sacar partido a este nuevo método, conseguiremos transformar nuestra vida laboral, social y personal.
全球瘋行的習慣改造指南
讓你不再好習慣學不會、壞習慣改不掉
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本書2012年初一出版,就引起歐美主流媒體爭相推薦,暴紅登上《紐約時報》暢銷書榜第二名,並且熱賣至今,高踞排行榜不墜。作者也親自拍了精采的宣傳影片(https://youtu.be/el6kYx6qFmo),解說如何有效地診斷並改變習慣、進而改造生活與事業。
一流企業(寶僑、微軟、Google等)與世界級大學(哈佛、耶魯、劍橋、MIT等)都在研究的最熱門學問——「習慣的力量」
不論你想聰明理財、規律運動、成功減重、養育小孩、增加工作效率、革新企業組織
都能利用「習慣的力量」達到目的
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「我們的一生,不過是無數習慣的總和。」——美國心理學之父威廉.詹姆斯
一名年輕女子走進實驗室,過去兩年她整個人改頭換面,不但不再抽菸,開始跑馬拉松,工作也一帆風順。神經學家發現,她的腦部活動模式已經完全改變。
寶僑公司的行銷人員觀察家庭主婦鋪床的過程,他們想知道新產品該如何廣告才能打動人心,之後發現一個細微到幾乎無法察覺的行為模式,於
neue Antworten auf eine uralte Frage zu finden: Warum tun wir eigentlich,
was wir tun? Was genau prägt unsere Gewohnheiten? Anhand zahlreicher Beispiele
aus der Forschung wie dem Alltag erzählt Charles Duhigg von der Macht der
Routine und kommt dem Mechanismus, aber auch den dunklen Seiten der Gewohnheit
auf die Spur. Er erklärt, warum einige Menschen es schaffen, über Nacht mit
dem Rauchen aufzuhören (und andere nicht), weshalb das Geheimnis sportlicher
Höchstleistung in antrainierten Automatismen liegt und wie sich die Anonymen
Alkoholiker die Macht der Gewohnheit zunutze machen. Nicht zuletzt schildert er,
wie Konzerne Millionen ausgeben, um unsere Angewohnheiten für ihre Zwecke
zu manipulieren. Am Ende wird eines klar: Die Macht von Gewohnheiten prägt unser
Leben weit mehr, als wir es ahnen.
Come ha fatto un generale americano in Iraq a sedare dei tumulti di piazza con l’aiuto del fast food? Come è riuscito Michael Phelps a ottenere i suoi record mondiali di nuoto con gli occhialini pieni d’acqua? Come è possibile che i pubblicitari riescano a identificare e catalogare le donne incinte prima ancora che lo vengano a sapere i loro mariti? La risposta è una sola: attraverso le abitudini. E benché, singolarmente prese, non abbiano grande significato, nel loro complesso le abitudini influenzano enormemente la nostra salute, il nostro lavoro, la nostra situazione economica e la nostra felicità.
Da secoli gli uomini studiano le abitudini, ma è solo negli ultimi anni che neurologi, psicologi, sociologi ed esperti di marketing hanno realmente incominciato a capire in che modo funzionano e, soprattutto, come possono cambiare. Le abitudini, infatti, non sono un destino ineluttabile: leggendo questo libro impareremo a trasformarle per migliorare la nostra professione, la collettività in cui viviamo, la nostra vita.
En Más agudo, más rápido y mejor, el periodista ganador del premio Pulitzer Charles Duhigg nos desvela los avances de la ciencia de la productividad de forma clara y práctica, y nos explica por qué es más importante controlar cómo pensamos que el propio contenido de nuestras reflexiones.
A partir de ocho conceptos clave que van desde la motivación y el establecimiento de objetivos hasta la toma de decisiones, Charles Duhigg nos enseña en Más agudo, más rápido y mejor por qué algunas personas y empresas consiguen ser más productivas que otras, y cómo deberíamos actuar para mejorar y conseguir nuestros objetivos con menos estrés y esfuerzo. En definitiva, ser más agudos, más rápidos y mejores en todo lo que hacemos.
Fundamentado en los últimos descubrimientos en neurociencia, psicología y psicoeconomía, así como en las experiencias vividas por profesionales de diversos ámbitos como agentes del FBI, pilotos comerciales, directores generales, y altos mandos del ejército, este libro constituye la herramienta perfecta para que nuestra vida laboral y personal sea mucho más fructífera y agradable.
«La productividad tiene que ver sobre todo con elegir ciertas opciones de ciertas maneras. El modo en que decidimos vernos a nosotros mismos y encuadrar las decisiones cotidianas, las historias que nos contamos y los objetivos fáciles que ignoramos, el sentimiento de comunidad que inculcamos en nuestros compañeros de equipo y la cultura creativa que establecemos como líderes, todo esto es lo que diferencia a las personas simplemente ocupadas de las realmente productivas.»
Charles Duhigg
Reseñas:
«Una lectura imprescindible para todos los que deseen ser más productivos (y de forma más creativa).»
Jim Collins, autor de Empresas que sobresalen
«Charles Duhigg es un buen narrador que posee una singular habilidad para combinar ciencia social, reportajes detallados y anécdotas muy entretenidas.»
The Economist
«Más agudo, más rápido y mejor ofrece grandes lecciones. Duhigg es un excelente narrador y un maestro cuyas palabras atrapan al lector.»
The Financial Times
वे यह पता लगाते हैं कि कुछ लोगों और कंपनियों को सालों की कोशिशों के बाद भी बदलाव के लिए संघर्ष क्यों करना पड़ता है, जबकि अन्य लोग बड़ी आसानी से रातोंरात बदलाव लाने में सफल हो जाते हैं। चार्ल्स उन प्रयोगशालाओं में भी जाते हैं, जहाँ न्यूरोसाइंटिस्ट इस बात का पता लगाते हैं कि आदतें कैसे काम करती हैं और उनका जन्म हमारे मस्तिष्क के किस हिस्से में होता है। चार्ल्स हमारे सामने यह राज़ भी उजागर करते हैं कि ओलंपिक तैराक माइकल फेल्प्स, स्टारबक्स के सीईओ हॉवर्ड शुल्ज और नागरिक अधिका
Duhigg zeigt in seiner Wissenschaft der Produktivität, wie jeder mehr erledigt bekommen kann, ohne großen Stress und mit geringen Anstrengungen – und so in allen Bereichen einfach smarter, schneller und besser werden kann.