Nearly half of our daily activities are performed out of habit, occurring with minimal conscious thought. These automated behavioral patterns, ranging from morning routines to evening scrolling, ...

Quitting feels impossible for most people, not because they lack motivation, but because they do not understand what is actually driving the behavior. Every bad habit runs on a loop the brain has ...

You can disrupt routines you don't like—if you spot them. My cat Mira likes to do the same things at the same time, every day. At some point I put my hand under the bathroom door while brushing my ...

Understanding habits can help people radically transform their lives and companies boost their profits, Charles Duhigg, an award-winning investigative reporter with The New York Times, argues in his ...