American - Journalist | 1974 -
Companies are very, very good - better than consumers themselves - at knowing what consumers are actually craving.
Charles Duhigg
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Even though it's hard to learn how to back your car out the driveway at first, once it becomes a habit, you can do it almost automatically and think about something else, like the meeting that you need to go to today or what's on the radio.
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You have to actually believe in your capacity to change for habits to permanently change.
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Conditions in Chinese factories are harsh. They're much harsher than they are in, for instance, the United States or any Western nation.
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There are supply chains that exist in China and Asia now which the U.S. simply can't replicate.
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Foxconn is hugely important, not only in China - it's the largest employer in China - Foxconn is important around the world.
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Forty percent of all electronics sold are assembled by Foxconn.
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We love to receive praise, but usually we're not certain what message, precisely, we should take from it. On the other hand, when someone points out our flaws, we realize immediately that something needs to change.
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You're much better off creating positive rewards, complimenting people for acting correctly, rather than punishing them when they act incorrectly.
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Consumer habits are key to understanding how to launch a product.
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Technology giants have taken advantage of tax codes written for an industrial age.
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The specific steps for changing a specific habit differ from person to person and habit to habit, but the steps - the formula - is essentially the same, and once you learn it, you can do amazing things.
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