The Power of Habit

* Information: A history, a theory, a flood - James Gleick * Sapiens - Yuval Harari * Thinking, fast and slow - Daniel Kahneman * Power of Habit - Charles Duhig

American Kingpin was a really good read. It's the story of Ross Ulbricht, the guy that built the silk road. It reads like fiction, but is a true story, and hits all the right buttons for me (technology, entrepreneurial spirit, understanding how to (or how not to) learn from your mistakes, etc.). It's well written and hard to put down. ----- The power of habit was also a really good read if you hadn't read it already.

“The Power of Habit”, by Charles Duhigg.

The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg

1. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2. Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Adventures of a Curious Character) 3. The Loyal: The Story of Atwood and the Second Civil War (disclosure - my father wrote this book) 4. The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business 5. Grit I thoroughly enjoyed all of these. It was interesting to see how Grit and The Power of Habit played off each other.

My top 4 recommendations (full list and notes at http://www.dotnetsurfers.com/books/) The Power of Habit, Search Inside Yourself, The Willpower Instinct, Zero to One

Self-help/personal development/philosophy: - The obstacle is the way (Ryan Holiday) - Meditations (Marcus Aurelius) - Level up your life: how to unlock adventure and happiness by becoming the hero of your own story - the six pillars of self-esteem - so good they can’t ignore you - the power of habit - how to fail at almost everything and still win big Business: - soft sell: the new art of selling - essentialism: the disciplined pursuit of less - the magic of thinking big - everything is negotiable - making things happen - lean customer development - what customers want - inspired: how to create products customers love - delivering happiness

My recent favorites: Jobs, The Hard Thing About Hard Things, High Output Management, Innovator's Dilemma, Lean Startup, On The Shortness Of Life, How Google Works, Zero To One, Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up, Power of Habit, Things Fall Apart, Stoner

Traction by Justin Mares, Gabriel Weinberg - would probably reread Growth Hacker Marketing by Ryan Holiday How to Fail at Almost Everything by Scott Adams - great read Scaling Up By Verne Harnish Great By Choice by Jim Collins - love the whole series The Ultimate Sales Machine by Chet Holmes - probably worth a reread How to Win at the Sport of Business By Mark Cuban - good read Elon Mush by Ashlee Vance - need I say more The Hard Thing about Hard Things By Ben Horowitz The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg - probably need to deeply absorb this - a lot of good stuff Copy This! By Paul Orfalea - another good "small business" entrepreneur book The E-Myth Revisited By Michael Gerber - 2nd time read. Got more out of it this time. The People's Tycoon (Ford) by Steven Watts - I love reading about businessmen from this age Scrum by JJ Sutherland Jeff Sutherland - good read for development teams

The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg. I can honestly say it's not only impacted the way I think about habits, but it's impacted my actual habits as well, and for the better I might add! Leisure read turned life hack textbook :)

The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg. Game changing. Humans are creatures of habit, and we need to be able to recognize these habits to successfully control them

Oh and the thing that impressed me is that it's not just the typical BS-filled self-help book. The Power of Habit appears to be very well-researched and doesn't promise wonders, just shows you how habits work and how you can influence them.

The one that made the biggest impression (and, hopefully, impact) on me was definitely The Power of Habit. tl;dr: on a fundamental level, habits of all sorts shape much of our days and lives. It's like setting up automation scripts — it takes some time, but makes your life better and easier once you do. And they're like a sharp knife — a powerful tool, but be careful not to cut yourself. Good habits make you do things right without any effort, bad habits will ruin you. The book shows you how.

The power of habit is amazing - thanks to it I am finally getting fit - managed to make it from 60 to 180 pounds on the benchpress in two months just by creating a habit of getting to the gym. Also I have now a cleaner desk.

Power of Habit - Charles Duhigg Lean Analytics - Alistair Croll and Ben Yoskovitz Serve to win - Novak Djokovic Honorable mention: Sell More Software - Patrick Mckenzie

1. The Fountainhead 2. The Power of Habit 3. Think and Grow Rich 4. The 4-Hour Workweek 5. Pragmatic Thinking and Learning

I am currently reading The Power of Habit. Great book indeed.

The power of habit by Charles Duhigg. Whether its getting up early in the morning, going to the gym, learning new skills - it all comes down how good a person is in forming new habits and sticking to them. This book helps get into the mechanics of how habits are formed, and the elements that will help make them stick. The best part is that the book is loaded with specific case studies for both personal use as well as case studies relevant for product-based organization. I loved it! Not that I'm going to the gym any more regularly though :)