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THE POWER OF HABIT BY CHARLES DUHIGG

How to break habits (from The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg)Random House Publishing Group

The Habit LoopChapter one

http://360pt.fr/2013/12/new-year-same-habits/

On page 21 the author writes, “Habits are often as much a curse as a benefit.” What are examples of habits that are beneficial or detrimental in your own life?

What kind of habits do we have in the library?

Chapter 2The Craving Brain

Why wasn’t the marketing campaign for Fabreeze successful?

What is the difference between reward and craving in the habit loop?

Chapter 3

The Golden Rule of Habit Change

Why do you think it is easier to convince someone to adopt a new behavior if it is preceded and followed by something familiar at the beginning and end?

Chapter 4Keystone Habits, or the Ballad of Paul O'Neill

Have you ever been employed by a company or an individual that embodied a strong, keystone habit or culture, like the employee safety at Alcoa?

Chapter 5Starbucks and the Habit of Success

Think back on the Marshmallow Study. Why is willpower a keystone habit?

Chapter 6The Power of Crisis

What did you think of the scenarios with the London Underground and Rhode Island hospital? Can libraries learn anything from these scenarios?

Chapter 7

How Target Knows What You Want Before You Do

What do you think of collecting information on customers? Should libraries collect information to target potential wants like automatic holds or program reminders based on previous checkouts?

Chapter 8

Saddleback Church and the Montgomery Bus Boycott

Peer pressure involves the social habits that encourage people to conform to group expectations. What are some examples of positive peer pressure?

Chapter 9

The Neurology of Free Will

How do our habits influence our choices?

http://getthepicture.ca/intro-to-powerful-habits-series/

How can you use your knowledge of large-scale habit change to influence

habits throughout the library community?

Closing thoughts…

Additional Resources available at Charlesduhigg.com