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Since the 17th century, insurance agents have been the foremost experts on risk. (Charles Duhigg)
Belief is easier when it occurs within a community. View quote
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Simply giving employees a sense of agency- a feeling that they are in control, that they have genuine decision-making authority - can radically increase how much energy and focus they bring to their jobs. View quote
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As people strengthened their willpower muscles in one part of their lives-in the gym, or a money management program-that strength spilled over into what they ate or how hard they worked. Once willpower became stronger, it touched everything. View quote
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The cooperation of NASCAR - or any other system, it turns out - persists only when everyone believes he has the opportunity to win. View quote
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Research suggests that investment bankers are more prone to commit fraud when they feel the competitor at their heels. View quote
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The waste from power plants is essentially what is left over when you burn coal. And as we all know, coal is a relatively dirty mineral. View quote
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Some say because music is as much about personal expression as listening pleasure, sharing is integral to why songs have value in the first place. View quote
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America is the Saudi Arabia of coal. View quote
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I think I'm smart, and I know I was a good mom. But there wasn't a lot I could point to and say, that's why I'm special. View quote
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The same process that makes AA so effective-the power of a group to teach individuals how to believe-happens whenever people come together to help one another change. Belief is easier when it occurs within a community. (Charles Duhigg)
A few decades ago, many people didn't drink water outside of a meal. Then beverage companies started bottling the production of far-off springs, and now office workers unthinkingly sip bottled water all day long. View quote
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After World War I, while France and other Allies were building military defenses modeled on trench warfare, German commanders were shaping a nimble fighting force. View quote
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Vast databases of names and personal information, sold to thieves by large publicly traded companies, have put almost anyone within reach of fraudulent telemarketers. View quote
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At some point, if you're changing a really deep-seated behavior, you're going to have a moment of weakness. View quote
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It almost goes without saying that when you are a startup, one of the first things you do is you start setting aside money to defend yourself from patent lawsuits, because any successful company, even moderately successful, is going to get hit by a patent lawsuit from someone who's just trying to look for a payout. View quote
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