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20. Hanson, Just One Thing, 3.
21. “Cognitive Behavioral Therapy,” Psychology Today, (blog), accessed January 4, 2019, https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/cognitive-behavioral-therapy.
22. Ben Martin, “In Depth: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy,” Psych Central, last reviewed April 4, 2018, https://psychcentral.com/lib/in-depth-cognitive-behavioral-therapy/?all=1.
23. Ibid.
24. “Welcome to the Rapid Symptom Response Reduction Track,” handout from Kaiser Permanente, 2018.
25. Marianne Williamson, A Return To Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles (New York: Harper Collins, 1992), 190-91.
26. Hanson, Just One Thing, 3.
27. John D. Sutter, “5 Memorable Quotes from Steve Jobs,” CNN, October 5, 2011, https://www.cnn.com/2011/10/05/tech/innovation/steve-jobs-quotes/index.html.
28. Hagerty, “Prayer May Reshape Your Brain (see chap. 12, n. 13).
29. Richard J. Davidson, “The Four Keys to Well-Being,” Greater Good, Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley, March 21, 2016, https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/the_four_keys_to_well_being.
30. Ibid.
31. Killingsworth, “Does Mind-Wandering” (see chap. 9, n. 7).
32. Davidson, “The Four Keys.”
Chapter Fourteen
1. “2018 World Hunger and Poverty Facts and Statistics,” Hunger Notes, World Hunger Education Service, revised May 25, 2018, https://www.worldhunger.org/world-hunger-and-poverty-facts-and-statistics/.
2. Helen Keller, “The Open Door Quotes,” Goodreads, accessed January 4, 2019, https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/7276877-the-open-door.
3. Shine a Light, directed by Martin Scorsese (Paramount Classics, 2008), 1:17:00.
4. “Giving Thanks Can Make You Happier,” Harvard Health (blog) Harvard Health Publishing, accessed January 4, 2019, https://www.health.harvard.edu/healthbeat/giving-thanks-can-make-you-happier.
5. Lyubomirsky, The How of Happiness, 22 (see chap. 3, n. 4).
6. Hanson, Just One Thing, 80 (see intro., n. 2).
7. Luskin, “Forgiveness,” 18:50 (see chap. 13, n. 1).
8. Richard C. Mohs, “How Human Memory Works,” https://www.howstuffworks.com May 8, 2007, https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/human-brain/human-memory2.htm.
9. Megan E. Speer, Jamil P. Bhanji, and Mauricio R. Delgado, Savoring the Past: Positive Memories Evoke Value Representations in the Striatum, Neuron 84, no. 4 (November 19, 2014): 847-56, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4254527/.
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
1. Charles Duhigg, “The Power of Habit,” TED video, 3:00, published August 18, 2013, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMbsGBlpP30.
2. Ibid., 4:00.
3. Ibid., 14:30.
4. B. J. Fogg, “How to Make Healthy Life Changes from Tiny Habits,” WRVO Public Media, audio, 11:05, August 13, 2016, http://www.wrvo.org/post/how-make-healthy-life-changes-tiny-habits.
5. B. J. Fogg, “Forget Big Change, Start with a Tiny Habit: BJ Fogg at TEDx Fremont,” TEDx video, 14:20, published December 5, 2012, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdKUJxjn-R8.
6. Fogg, “How to Make Healthy Life Changes.”
7. Fogg, “Forget Big Change,” 15:25.
8. Ibid.
9. B. J. Fogg, “How to Celebrate Tiny Successes,” In: Slide Share, https://www.slideshare.net/tinyhabits/dr-bj-fogg-ways-to-celebrate-tiny-successes/1-How_to_Celebrate_Tiny_Successes.
10. The Free Library, s.v. “tiny habits,” accessed December 5, 2018, http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Tiny+habits%3a+behavior+scientist+BJ+Fogg+explains+a+painless+strategy ...-a0346533128.
11. “How Long to Form a Habit?” Psyblog, September 21, 2009, https://www.spring.org.uk/2009/09/how-long-to-form-a-habit.php.
12. Andrew S. Grove, High Output Management (New York: Vintage Books, 1995), 63.
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