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Charles Duhigg book probes what drives habits

Lisa McLendon McClatchy Newspapers

Last updated Sunday, May 20, 2012 - 7:34am

"THE POWER OF HABIT: WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO IN LIFE AND BUSINESS." By Charles Duhigg. Random House. $28.

The cue: The "thwack" of the Sunday newspaper hitting the driveway.

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Self-discipline crucial in developing business success

Brad Larsen Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, April 18, 2012 - 9:25pm

“Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There’s plenty of movement, but you never know if it’s going to be forward, backwards or sideways.”

This quote from H. Jackson Brown Jr. illustrates the fact that discipline is not something you have but something you do.

We are not born with self-discipline. It is a choice we make every minute and every hour of the day.

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Mike DiReda, seen here in 2008, started the 2nd District DUI Court two years ago, and more than 30 people have graduated from the program since then. Instead of infrequent contacts with a probation officer, centerpiece to the program is patrons standing twice monthly or more before a judge who can jail them on the spot for violations such as a dirty urine test or skipping counseling sessions.(Standard-Examiner file photo)

10 graduate from, praise 2nd District DUI Court

Tim Gurrister Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, April 5, 2012 - 7:50pm

OGDEN — A graduation ceremony Thursday for patrons of the 2nd District DUI Court offered inspirational uplift for anyone struggling with addiction.

The 10 graduates of the two-year-old court started by 2nd District Judge Mike DiReda marked its fourth, and largest, graduation, bringing the total number of graduates to more than 30.

“You’ve all saved what was a lost soul,” said Winston K., who noted he had been in other rehab programs “where it seemed like no one cared who I was and how I ended up.”

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Contrary to popular belief, adopting more healthful routines may have little to do with how much resolve someone has.

Retrain your brain to swap bad habits for good ones

Jeannine Stein Los Angeles Times

Last updated Tuesday, January 31, 2012 - 11:47am

What does it really take to change a habit? It may have less to do with willpower and more to do with consistency and a person's environment, researchers have found.

A 2009 study in the European Journal of Social Psychology had 96 people adopt a new healthful habit over 12 weeks -- things like running for 15 minutes at the same time each day or eating a piece of fruit with lunch. The average number of days it took for participants to pick up the habit was 66, but the range was huge, from 18 to 254 days.

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You say habit like it's a bad thing!

Bryant Studebaker, TX correspondent

Last updated Monday, May 23, 2011 - 2:03am

Everybody has things that they do that they quickly make a habit out of -- and not all of them are very good. Things like chewing on your fingernails, procrastinating homework, being way too competitive, or even being very unobservant and tripping all the time over nothing.

Habits are formed all the time out of boredom, or nervousness, or to think, or just for plain fun. High school students around the Top of Utah admit to a variety of bad habits.

Personally, I chew my fingernails. I am always being told to stop, but that is only when I'm forced.

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