“Step back in time; look closely at the child in the very arms of his mother; see the external world reflected for the first time in the yet unclear mirror of his understanding; study the first examples which strike his eyes; listen to the first words which arouse within him the slumbering power of thought; watch the first struggles which he has to undergo; only then will you comprehend the source of his prejudices, the habits, and the passions which are to rule his life. The entire man, so to speak, comes fully formed in the wrappings of his cradle.” MenWorldFirstsLooksChildrenEyeMotherPassionSpeakUnderstandingStepsWatchesStruggleStudyExampleSourceArmsHabitFirst TimePrejudiceMirrorsStrikesHis EyesCradleBack In TimeWrappingPower Of ThoughtUnclear Author:Alexis de Tocqueville
“I'm 52 years old, which means I'm of an age where my reading habits are more or less set. I read plenty of stuff on line but I rely on pretty traditional sources. I'm a newspaper reader, whether in hand or on my iPad.” YearsMeanHandsAgeReadingStuffLinesSourceReaderHabitNewspapersTraditionalPlentyRelyIpadsReading Habits Author:Michael Wilbon
“Habit and imitation--there is nothing more perennial in us than these two. They are the source of all working, and all apprenticeship, of all practice, and all learning, in this world.” WorldTwoPracticeThis WorldSourceHabitImitationApprenticeship Book:Past and Present: Chartism, and Sartor Resartus Source: Past and Present: Chartism, and Sartor Resartus
“When youre doing what you love to do, you become resilient. You create a habit of taking chances on yourself. If you do whats expected of you, and things go poorly, you will look to external sources for what to do next, because that will be your habit. You will be standing there frozen. If you are just filling a role, you will be blindsided.” IfsLooksNextChanceRolesSourceHabitStandingExpectedFrozenFillingTake A ChanceWhat You LoveResilientStanding ThereDoing What You Love Author:Dick Costolo
“The ultimate goal of a habit-forming product is to solve the user's pain by creating an association so that the user identifies the company's product or service as the source of relief.” PainGoalCompanyProductsSourceHabitCreatingUltimateSolveReliefAssociationUsersUltimate Goal Book:Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products Source: Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products
“Nothing is more dangerous than to stop working. It is a habit that can soon be lost, one that is easily neglected and hard to resume. A measure of day-dreaming is a good thing, like a drug prudently used ... But too much submerges and drowns. Woe to the intellectual worker who allows himself to lapse wholly from positive thinking into day-dreaming. He thinks he can easily change back, and tells himself that it is all one. He is wrong! To substitute day-dreaming for thought is to confuse poison with a source of nourishment.” ThinkingHardDreamUsedLostToo MuchDangerousPositive ThinkingSourceHabitDrugIntellectualGood ThingsWorkersPoisonWorking ItSubstitutesWoeNeglectedNourishmentResumesLapsesLost Ones Author:Victor Hugo