Book Review "The Power of Habit" (Chapter 3 & 4)

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At this time I will continue the book review of the power of Habit. If I review chapters 1 & 2 in the previous post, this timeI will discuss the next chapter is Chapter 3 & 4. Hopefully you enjoy reading this book review.

Chapter 3 : The Golden Rule of Habit Change 

     People can never really get rid of bad habits. On the contrary. To change a habit, this book explains that there is a golden rule of habit change and the golden rule of habit change is reprogramming. You have to keep the old cues, and give old rewards, but make new routines. Almost all behaviors can be changed if the cues and the rewards remain the same. The rule: If you use the same cue, and give the same reward, you can shift the routine and change habits. The golden rule of habit change can help anyone change their own habits. The Golden Rule can also affect care for alcoholism, obesity, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and hundreds of other destructive behaviors so that it can minimize and even eliminate these bad habits.

     In an effort to waive of an old habit, sometimes people will fail unless there is a new routine to fulfill the old cues and reward prizes. Smoker cannot stop unless they  find some activity to replace cigarettes when the nicotine desire is triggered. In this book estimated that 2.1 million people seek help from AA every year, and as many as 10 million alcoholics may have achieved calm through the group. AA doesn't work for everyone. Success rates are difficult to measure, because of the anonymity of participants, but millions of credit programs by saving their lives. The basic AA credo, the famous twelve steps has become a culture that has been incorporated into treatment programs for overeating, gambling, debt, sex, drugs, hoarding, self mutilation, smoking, video game addiction, emotional dependence, and dozens of behaviors other damage.

    But AA managed to help alcoholics use the same cues, and get the same reward, but by changing the routine. To change old habits, you must maintain the same cues and rewards, and give strong desires by creating new routines.

Chapter 4  : Keystone Habits, or The Ballad of Paul O'Neill

     Keystone habits say that success doesn’t depend on getting every single thing right, but instead relies on identifying a few key priorities and fashioning them into powerful levers.
This book’s first section explained how habits work, how they can be created and changed. However, where should a would- be habit master start? Understanding keystone habits holds the answer to that question: The habits that matter most are the ones that, when they start to shift, dislodge and remake other patterns.

     Keystone habits can affect other things. The habit of Keystone offers what is known in the academic literature as a "small victory". If you find other habits that affect others, and change them, the habit of keystone helps other habits to develop by creating new structures. By creating a routine built on another routine, you can prepare yourself with a small "victory" that makes greater "victory" just the next logical step.

     This book also explains how O'Neill made one of the largest, most aggressive and most dangerous companies being a professional and security engine?
By attacking one habit and then watching ripple changes through the organization. O’Neill suggests that we cannot order people to change. That's not how the brain works. We should start by focusing on one thing.

     O’Neill believed that some habits have the power to start a chain reaction, changing other habits as they move through an organization. Some habits, in other words, matter more than others in remaking businesses and lives. These are “keystone habits,” and they can influence how people work, eat, play, live, spend, and communicate. Keystone habits start a process that, over time, transforms everything.

That's my brief review of The Power of Habit chapter 4 & 5. If you want to read the next chapter, don't forget to wait for a post about the next chapter that will be posted next week. Thanks.