Charles Duhigg, Pulitzer Prize Winner and Best-Selling Author of "The Power of Habit" and "Smarter Faster Better"

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🗓️ 7 May 2018

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and best-selling author, Charles Duhigg, shares his insightful research to help this mom change her habits and parent more effectively. Charles explains the brain's way of forming habits, unlocks the secret to stopping them and puts his words into action. He also reveals his methods to crafting amazing stories (hint: structure!) and shares what it was like to get the call telling him he'd won a Pulitzer! He also gives tips on how to be more productive (hint: fewer emails!). His amazing books, The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business and Smarter Faster Better: The Transformative Power of Real Productivity are both New York Times Bestsellers.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Zibi Owens, and this is Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books.
0:14.7	As a mom of four kids in New York City and a writer myself, I know all too well how short everyone is on time, so I'm here to help.
0:21.9	I'm going to interview authors and writers of all types about their work, especially as it
0:25.9	relates to parenting and family issues. Hopefully you can listen while doing 8 million other things
0:30.3	and fall in love with these talented scribes in their fantastic books, essays, and songs like I have,
0:35.7	plus get some tips on surviving parenthood.
0:37.8	For more about me, you can check out my essays at zibby owens.com.
0:42.6	This episode of Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books is sponsored by Chloe's Fruit.
0:46.9	Chloe's Fruit.com, The Cool Way to Eat Fruit.
0:49.9	I'm here today with Charles Duhigg.
0:52.0	Charles is a Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist.
0:55.6	He's the author of two New York Times bestsellers, The Power of Habit, Why We Do What We
0:59.6	in Life and Business, and Smarter, Faster, Better, The Secrets of Being Productive in
1:04.6	and Life and Business.
1:05.8	He went to Yale and Harvard Business School, both with me.
1:08.5	He is a frequent contributor to NPR and This American
1:10.9	Life and a fantastic speaker for hire. So welcome, Gerald. Thanks for having me. No problem.
1:17.2	Let's start with the power of habit, which is a completely life-changing book. In the book,
1:22.1	you outline in great detail how habit formation works. First, there's a cue, then a routine,
1:27.2	and then a reward. And by the way,
1:29.3	all the illustrations and example on this process throughout the book and your website and your
1:33.1	speeches has now created a habit in me. I see the loop. I start taking notes. And then I feel
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