Book · 2012 · Business & Economics
The Power of Habit
Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
#219 of 16,905 books, ranked by how many different people bring it up on podcasts
- episodes
- 18
- podcasts
- 11
- people
- 13
- episodes recommend it
- 5
One of the things that struck me about your remarkable New York Times bestseller, The Power of Habit, is that being successful in life isn't about talent.
Questions about The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
Who recommends The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg on podcasts?
Shaan Puri (1 episode), Jason Calacanis (1 episode), Steve Levitt (1 episode), Jay Shetty (1 episode) and Katy Milkman (1 episode) have recommended The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg on podcasts. In all, 13 people brought it up across 11 podcasts (5 people recommended it).
Which podcasts mention The Power of Habit the most?
My First Million (3 episodes), This Week in Startups (3 episodes), Freakonomics Radio (2 episodes), People I (Mostly) Admire (2 episodes) and The Mel Robbins Podcast (2 episodes), among 11 podcasts in all.
Is The Power of Habit recommended, or only discussed?
The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg was recommended in 5 episodes and discussed without a recommendation in 13 episodes, as of 2026-04-22.
What do people say about The Power of Habit?
Mel Robbins on The Mel Robbins Podcast (2025-12-01): "One of the things that struck me about your remarkable New York Times bestseller, The Power of Habit, is that being successful in life isn't about talent."
When was The Power of Habit last mentioned on a podcast?
The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg was last recommended on My First Million by Shaan Puri on 2026-04-22.
What they say about it
- Mentioned as a bestseller4
- Called a great book“it was a great book”2
- Discussed the habit loop“popularizing this idea of a habit loop”2
- Discussed keystone habits“called keystone habits”2
- Compared to Smarter Faster Better“did the same for habit formation”2
The best things said about it
When you look back on The Power of Habit, the core thing to take away from that is the systems you set up, the process is more important than your goals or your hopes and dreams and aspirations.
Jason Calacanis This Week in Startups · Apr 2024 I highly recommend everyone go and grab the book, The Power of Habit.
Jay Shetty On Purpose with Jay Shetty · Apr 2022 And then the third one was The Power of Habit the takeaway for that book for me was that a habit does doesn't go away it just gets transferred.
Making your bed every morning is correlated with better productivity, a greater sense of well-being, and stronger skills at sticking with a budget.
Angela Duckworth No Stupid Questions · Apr 2024 He wrote the book Power of Habit, which was a big inspiration to Atomic Habits and it was a great book.
But this creating habits creating rituals is a big uh there's been a bunch of really like the power of habit and all this stuff it's like a big topic for people and it's that book it actually influenced me a lot in the beginning the power of habit.
Where and when it comes up
How it comes up
13 people who brought it up
- Shaan Puri3 episodes · recommended in 1
- Jason Calacanis2 episodes · recommended in 1
- Steve Levitt2 episodes · recommended in 1
- Jay Shetty1 episode · recommended in 1
- Katy Milkman1 episode · recommended in 1
- James Clear2 episodes
- Stephen Dubner2 episodes
- Angela Duckworth1 episode
Charles Duhigg1 episode- Greg Everett1 episode
- James Sexton1 episode
- Katerina Schneider1 episode
Why people recommend it
The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg is a bestselling nonfiction book exploring the science behind how habits operate and how they can be transformed. On The Mel Robbins Podcast, Dr. Katy Milkman recommended the book while discussing habit loops and automatic behaviors, and Mel Robbins later praised its insights on how habits dictate success over raw talent. On This Week in Startups, Jason Calacanis urged listeners to purchase the book alongside Duhigg's other works. Steve Levitt mentioned the title on People I (Mostly) Admire when teasing an upcoming interview with the Pulitzer Prize-winning author, while Jay Shetty endorsed it at the close of an episode of On Purpose with Jay Shetty. Shaan Puri spoke with Duhigg on My First Million about the book's massive global sales figures and its role as an inspiration for James Clear's Atomic Habits. Additionally, James Sexton referenced the book on The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett to compare societal attitudes toward productivity literature versus relationship guides.
Every mention
Shaan Puri He wrote the book Power of Habit which was a big inspiration to to Atomic Habits and it was a great book. 3
Recommended
“He wrote the book Power of Habit which was a big inspiration to to Atomic Habits and it was a great book.”
Discussed
“How many copies did The Power of Habit sell? Gosh, uh worldwide it's sold over 10 million now. So it's It's been great, yeah.”
Discussed
“and then the third one was The Power of Habit the takeaway for that book for me was that a habit does doesn't go away it just gets transferred”
Jason Calacanis uh and if you if you have rear power habit by both um okay got the plug out of the way I I love both of the… 2
Discussed
“um Charles doig uh put in that Power of Habit book and and codified it”
Discussed
“and when you look back on the The Power of Habit the core thing to take away from that is the systems you set up the process is more important than your goals or your hopes and dreams and aspirations”
Recommended
“uh and if you if you have rear power habit by both um okay got the plug out of the way I I love both of these books so that's all you need to know go buy it”
Steve Levitt he's a pullet surprise winning journalist the author of the Blockbuster bestseller The Power of Habit and h… 2
Discussed
“like your first book The Power of Habit that came out back in 2012 and my God it was an unbelievable success”
Discussed
“I could talk with you all day about 'Super Communicators,' but I'm also curious about the other things you've done, like your first book, 'The Power of Habit,' which came out in 2012 and was an unbelievable success.”
Recommended
“he's a pullet surprise winning journalist the author of the Blockbuster bestseller The Power of Habit and he's back now with a new book on the science behind having better conversations that's a topic that I think is both incredibly important and deeply underappreciated”
Jay Shetty And of course, I highly recommend everyone go and grab the book, The Power of Habit. 1
Recommended
“And of course, I highly recommend everyone go and grab the book, The Power of Habit.”
Katy Milkman If you know people may be familiar with the power of habit by Charles Doohig or atomic habits by James Clea… 1
Recommended
“If you know people may be familiar with the power of habit by Charles Doohig or atomic habits by James Clear. These are great books that I think have done a nice job popularizing this idea of a habit loop.”
James Clear So The Power of Habit, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, The Power of Now, The Power of Positive Think… 2
Discussed
“So The Power of Habit, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, The Power of Now, The Power of Positive Thinking, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck, The blah, blah, blah.”
Discussed
“a lot of people were familiar with do hIG's habit loop from power of habit or a cue routine reward”
Stephen Dubner Duhigg's most recent book, Smarter, Faster, Better, combines old-fashioned reporting and a survey of the ac… 2
Discussed
“Duhigg's most recent book, Smarter, Faster, Better, combines old-fashioned reporting and a survey of the academic literature to identify best productivity practices. His first book, The Power of Habit, did the same for habit formation.”
Discussed
“Duhigg's new book, Smarter, Faster, Better, combines old-fashioned reporting and a survey of the academic literature to identify best productivity practices. His first book, The Power of Habit, did the same for habit formation.”
Angela Duckworth Charles doig you know wrote about this as a keystone habit he said making your bed every morning is correla… 1
Discussed
“Charles doig you know wrote about this as a keystone habit he said making your bed every morning is correlated with better productivity a greater sense of well-being and stronger skills at sticking with a budget that was in his book The Power of Habit I think Charles do was just a guest on our sibling show people I mostly”
Charles Duhigg The The first one was that um you know, when I first came up with the idea for The Power of Habit and got i… 1
Discussed
“The The first one was that um you know, when I first came up with the idea for The Power of Habit and got interested in it, my wife was about and I were about to have our first kid.”
Greg Everett but then also you can start with uh what charles doing in his book the power of habit called keystone habits 1
Discussed
“but then also you can start with uh what charles doing in his book the power of habit called keystone habits”
James Sexton You know what's so funny is if I walked into your home and on the table there was, you know, the power of h… 1
Discussed
“You know what's so funny is if I walked into your home and on the table there was, you know, the power of habit by during or the seven habits of highly effective people, I would go, 'Oh, look at look at Stephen. He's still so successful. He's still trying to sharpen the point of the spear. Amazing.'”
Katerina Schneider but this creating habits creating rituals is a big uh there's been a bunch of really like the power of habi… 1
Discussed
“but this creating habits creating rituals is a big uh there's been a bunch of really like the power of habit and all this stuff it's like a big topic for people and it's that book it actually influenced me a lot in the beginning the power of habit”
Mel Robbins One of the things that struck me about your remarkable New York Times bestseller, The Power of Habit, is th… 1
Discussed
“One of the things that struck me about your remarkable New York Times bestseller, The Power of Habit, is that being successful in life isn't about talent.”
Discussed
“You you wrote about in your book, it's on page 109, that people who start running suddenly quit smoking.”
Discussed
“You know, one of the things that you write about, one of my favorite stories in your book, it's on page 120, is about how the research says that when someone is trying to lose weight, that the biggest change came from simply writing down what they ate.”
Other mentions (18: passing, ad reads, own books)
Plugged
“or if you just Google The Power of Habit which was the first book I wrote or super communicators you will definitely find my website”
Plugged
“or if you just Google The Power of Habit which was the first book I wrote or super communicators you will definitely find um my website”
Passing
“Now, I just had Charles Duhigg on the program. He wrote a book called Supercommunicators and Power of Habit. And this is just such a great bookend for his episode.”
Passing
“uh for the Power of Habit right that was the the book we talked about back then”
Passing
“so what happens is that when when you hear there's three kinds of conversations hear some ways to try and recognize which conversation you're in your brain will actually make that into a habit very very quickly back to the Power of Habit”
Passing
“if you came to my home and you saw the seven habits of highly effective people or you saw the Power of Habit by during you'd go look at Jim man he's successful”
Plugged
“My guest today, Charles Duhigg, is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and the author of blockbuster bestsellers including 'The Power of Habit.'”
Plugged
“I wanted to lose weight and had this basic question, which motivates this book, too: 'If I’m so smart and successful, why am I 20 pounds overweight, and why can't I get myself to run in the morning?'”
Plugged
“The core idea in 'The Power of Habit' is quite simple: there's something called a habit loop, and understanding that loop helps people devise strategies to break bad habits and build good ones.”
Passing
“He's a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, the author of the blockbuster bestseller The Power of Habit, and he's back now with a new book on the science behind having better conversations.”
Passing
“He's a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, author of Smarter, Faster, Better, about the science of productivity, and the power of habit, about the science of habit formation.”
Passing
“He's a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, author of Smarter, Faster, Better, About the Science of Productivity, and The Power of Habit, About the Science of Habit Formation.”
Passing
“The books are Smarter, Faster, Better, Power of Habit, and The Story, which you can find in the show notes, The Pied Piper of Spacks.”
Passing
“He wrote The Power of Habit and Smarter, Faster, Better, which talk about productivity, habits, and the science behind it.”
Passing
“and speaking of the local groups and Community there was this amazing post by Amy in our main choos of five Facebook group and I guess she's reading the book The Power of Habit by Charles duhigg”
Passing
“And the author of The Power of Habit, and more recently, Smarter, Faster, Better. The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business.”
Passing
“Duhigg is a reporter and editor at The New York Times. And the author of The Power of Habit and more recently, Smarter, Faster, Better. The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business.”
Passing
“he also of course wrote the power of habit which was a longtime bestseller”