The Power of Habit is a work of nonfiction. Nonetheless, some names and personal characteristics of individuals or events have been changed in order to disguise identities. Any resulting resemblance to persons living or dead is entirely coincidental and unintentional.
Copyright © 2012, 2014 by Charles Duhigg
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Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Random House, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House LLC, in 2012.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Duhigg, Charles.
The power of habit : why we do what we do in life and business / by Charles Duhigg.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-8129-8160-5 (alk. paper)—ISBN 978-0-679-60385-6 (ebook)
1. Habit. 2. Habit—Social aspects. 3. Change (Psychology) I. Title.
BF335.D76 2012
158.1—dc23 2011029545
Ebook ISBN 9780679603856
Illustration on this page by Andrew Pole.
All other illustrations by Anton Ioukhnovets.
Book design by Liz Cosgrove, adapted for ebook
Cover illustration and design: Anton Ioukhnovets
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