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Charles Duhigg is an American journalist and author, best known for his work on productivity and behavioral science. A Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The New York Times, he has written extensively on habits, decision-making, and innovation.
Known for: The Power of Habit, Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business, Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection, The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
Books by Charles Duhigg
The Power of Habit
In this groundbreaking book, Charles Duhigg explores the science behind habit formation and change. Drawing on research in psychology, neuroscience, and behavioral economics, he explains how habits wo...
Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business
Smarter Faster Better explores the science of productivity, drawing on research in psychology, neuroscience, and behavioral economics. Charles Duhigg examines how people and organizations can make bet...
Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
In 'Supercommunicators', Pulitzer Prize–winning author Charles Duhigg explores the science and art of extraordinary communication. Drawing on psychology, neuroscience, and real-world examples, Duhigg ...
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
In this groundbreaking book, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Charles Duhigg explores the science of habit formation and transformation. Drawing on research in psychology, neuroscience, and organizat...
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The Science Behind the Habit Loop
At the heart of every habit lies what I call the “habit loop,” composed of three elements: cue, routine, and reward. Together, they form a self-perpetuating cycle that drives behavior. In laboratory experiments, neuroscientists observed this pattern in rats navigating mazes. The first time a rat sea...
From The Power of Habit
Strategies for Change: From Recognition to Replacement
We often think changing a habit is difficult because we misunderstand how habits function. The goal isn’t to erase old neural pathways but to create alternative routes connecting the same cues and rewards. Consider the story of a smoker who realized he wasn’t addicted primarily to nicotine but to t...
From The Power of Habit
Motivation
In investigating motivation, I wanted to understand why some individuals seem able to summon resolve in the most discouraging moments while others surrender to inertia. The answer, psychological research reveals, resides in perceived control. When we believe our choices matter, when we sense even sm...
From Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business
Teams
Over the years, I visited organizations that had every imaginable advantage—resources, talent, cutting-edge technology—yet still underperformed. Then I saw others that seemed average on paper but produced astonishing results. The difference was never the intelligence of team members but the quality ...
From Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business
The Science of Connection
At the core of supercommunication is a set of biological and psychological mechanisms that have evolved to keep us connected. Neuroscience shows that our brains are deeply social: specific areas, from the temporoparietal junction to the anterior cingulate cortex, light up when we interpret others’ i...
From Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
Three Types of Conversations
Most communication failures arise not from bad intentions but from a mismatch of conversation types. After interviewing hundreds of people—from spouses in therapy to executives in negotiation rooms—I began seeing a pattern. Every conversation falls into one of three types: emotional, practical, or s...
From Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
About Charles Duhigg
Charles Duhigg is an American journalist and author, best known for his work on productivity and behavioral science. A Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The New York Times, he has written extensively on habits, decision-making, and innovation. Duhigg is also the author of 'Smarter Faster Better' a...
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Charles Duhigg is an American journalist and author, best known for his work on productivity and behavioral science. A Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The New York Times, he has written extensively on habits, decision-making, and innovation. Duhigg is also the author of 'Smarter Faster Better' a...
Charles Duhigg is an American journalist and author, best known for his work on productivity and behavioral science. A Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The New York Times, he has written extensively on habits, decision-making, and innovation. Duhigg is also the author of 'Smarter Faster Better' and a frequent speaker on the science of performance and success.
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