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Entrepreneurs do not try and create new types of smartphone technologies now because they know it's pointless: They're going to get sued almost immediately.

~Charles Duhigg

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Patents are being used to wage war in the digital world, and as a result, patents have become a toll gate on the road of innovation.

~Charles Duhigg

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It almost goes without saying that when you are a startup, one of the first things you do is you start setting aside money to defend yourself from patent lawsuits, because any successful company, even moderately successful, is going to get hit by a patent lawsuit from someone who's just trying to look for a payout.

~Charles Duhigg

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I think there's a lot of people who right now are worried that people are going down frivolous paths, like inventing new social networks or new games, instead of inventing the cures for cancer or fundamental technologies that will change the world.

~Charles Duhigg

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Every habit is made of three parts... a cue, a routine and a habit. Most people focus on the routine and behavior, but these cues and rewards are really the way you make something into a habit.

~Charles Duhigg

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Someone will write a resolution that says, 'I want to exercise more,' or 'I want to lose 15 pounds' - which is great, that's a great goal to have - but every study tells us that if you pose things in abstract, goal-related terms, it's much less likely that you will accomplish it than if you structure it as an actual activity.

~Charles Duhigg

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People who start habitually exercising tend on average to eat better. They also tend to use their credit cards less and procrastinate less.

~Charles Duhigg

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When most individuals or most companies are talking about trying to create healthy habits, the key is to identify which habit or habits seem most important.

~Charles Duhigg

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Typically, when there are corporate habits that undermine individuals, it has emerged without any sort of central planning. Nobody sits down and says, 'I'm going to create an evil habit for this corporation.'

~Charles Duhigg

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Often in companies, you'll see tensions between sales and marketing. Sales people will want to give discounts to clients because they often get paid a commission based on how much they sell. So they're always pushing to give discounts because that will increase sales. Marketing, however, is judged by overall profitability.

~Charles Duhigg

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: Unknown

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