Mentoris writes: Getting into the habit

Small wins fuel transformative changes by leveraging tiny advantages into patterns that convince people that bigger achievements are within reach.

Charles Duhigg (born 1974) is an American journalist and non-fiction author. He is the author of two books on habits and productivity, titled The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business and Smarter Faster Better. In 2013, Duhigg was the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting.

Research indicates that doctors have a hard time convincing overweight people to make sweeping changes to their lifestyles, or to help smokers give up their damaging habit. Personally, I have been both overweight and a smoker and I can vouch that changing both of these aspects of my life was not a simple process.