Breaking Bad Habits

The last three weeks I have learned about three habits, and they are; habit 1 being proactive, habit 2 begin with the end in mind, and lastly, habit 3 first thing's first, I have an so learned how to use them anywhere.lastly, how they can/will improve my life for good and help me through a difficult path.

Human habits can be explained in much the same way. Although typically unseen and unnoticed by us, our habits are powerful enough to impact our decision-making and drive our daily activities. In fact, Duke University researchers found that over 40% “of our actions are unconscious habits.” It is this idea that validates the saying “old habits die hard” and often makes new habits exceedingly difficult to establish.

We all know that habitual behaviours are difficult to change (think, for instance, about how hard it is for people to give up smoking.) Habitual behaviours are those behaviours with which we are comfortable. We do not want to move out of our comfort zones to change our habits.

A new year, a fresh start, an opportunity to overhaul the habits we fall into. Year after year, folks reevaluate their lives and desire a change in how they about their day. Some decide to change their diets and eat healthier, while others decide make it to gym more frequently. Whatever the person’s attempted alteration may be, the common theme that everyone experiences a process of change. Along with this attempt at change, individuals making the change will often be challenged to return back to old habits. Although persistence shines for some, others will fall back into old habits once they experience the trade-off to abandoning a habit. Simply denoted as behavioral change, this process by which an individual

Habit two is “ Begin with The End in mind ”. I personally think that this is one of the important habits . A quote from the book “Alice’s in the Wonderland” said” Would you tell me please which way I ought to walk from here? That depends a good deal on where you want to get to. The cat said. I don't much care where. Said alice.

Reading The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg may help. What I have learned from Duhigg is that habits don’t just appear overnight, there is a systematic sequence of events that take place before one participates in their bad habit. It may not be apparent today, but as Duhigg states

Ways to change a habit gives many different examples on how to break habits such as Telling the truth, Committing with new behaviors, and Feedback and

Before you can see gains from making positive choices, you’ve got to halt your repetitive negative choices. What are some of the bad habits that should be completely eliminated, as opposed to “just cutting back?” Smoking, doing drugs, and unprotected sex would be the top three. There is simply no way to do any of these in a healthy way, and so they have to go from your life.

But we are all creatures of habit. And unfortunately, many of those habits are not best suited for us.

Habit 1 : Be Proactive. The Habit of Personal Vision. According to Covey, this habit reflects our innate ability to take charge of our lives. We are not simply products of in-grained stimulus- response reflexes. We have the ability to take charge, plan ahead, and focus our energies on things we can control instead of reacting to or worrying about things over which we have little or no control. This habit allows us to rise above the ebbs and flows of the tides of our day-to-day lives and direct our lives.

Once that's done you can hardly keep your bad habit alive, even if you want to. Once your subconscious mind has been convinced that you no longer have a particular habit you will no longer feel those terrible, nearly irresistible, cravings and urges for your habit. Then it's just a matter of making good choices. And that's easy when you aren't a slave to those horrible feelings you get when you don't indulge in your vice.

We tend to think of habits as bad (smoking, cussing, biting your fingernails) but they can also be good (walking the dog, oatmeal for breakfast, a weekly date with your spouse). THE POWER OF HABIT shows how easily habits form. They rely on three simple things–a cue, a routine, and a reward–and don’t take long to stick. Our brains love habits. They allow us to be efficient. They help us do things like drive a car without constant self-monitoring. Once we learn where the brake pedal is and how hard to press the

What is a habit? A habit is a settled or regular tendency or practice, especially one that is hard to give up. Every person has a habit. From small, non dangerous, habits like biting nails or high pitched laughing, to dangerous ones such as smoking, drinking, and reckless behavior. Habits can go un-noticed by people because they vary in seriousness. Breaking habits varies greatly. It can be as simple as not doing something in the morning, to stopping drugs and alcohol.

I feel that I have to get rid of bad habits in order to make room for better habits that I need for everyday life. I am learning better habits everyday. Even though I did bad on my first exam I feel that counted as learning for me because now I know what it takes for me to receive a high grade on any test I take.

Duhigg explains how habits work through a “loop”: there is a cue, which triggers a habit. Then there is a routine, which is the automatic behavior. Lastly, there is a reward which will determine your desire to keep the habit. This