How long does it take to read The Power of Habit?
The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg takes about 7 hours 29 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 29 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2012. 408 pages, about 112,200 words.
15 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 12 hours 28 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 29 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 41 minutes |
The page count is the median across 22 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The Power of Habit, a 2012 book by journalist Charles Duhigg, examines the science of how habits form and how they can be changed. It argues that every habit follows a loop of cue, routine and reward, with craving binding the cue to the reward. Duhigg proposes that a habit can be altered by keeping the cue and reward while swapping the routine, and that belief, often strengthened by a group, matters for success. He also describes keystone habits, single patterns that set off changes elsewhere, using examples from business and recovery.
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Subjects: Social aspects, Habit, Change (Psychology), Popular Works, Habits, Psychological Adaptation
