Life is built on routines. It’s easy to go years—or even decades—without consciously assessing what’s working and what’s not. As a result, many of us are surrounded by people, obligations, objects, and habits that aren’t exactly making our lives better (far from it!). Well, no more. With a new year upon us, it’s the perfect… Continue reading Seven Bad Habits to Leave Behind in 2016
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How To Reprogram Yourself For Success In 2016
Some people start each day with an early morning jog. Others begin with a cup of coffee and a donut. Everyone knows that people are creatures of habit. But too often, the habits we nurture are laziness, procrastination, self-serving biases, justification and rationalization. Such behaviors put people on a path to destruction, all the while… Continue reading How To Reprogram Yourself For Success In 2016
How We Form & Change Habits
Much of our daily lives are taken up by habits that we’ve formed over our lifetime. An important characteristic of a habit is that it’s automatic– we don’t always recognize habits in our own behavior. Studies show that about 40 percent of people’s daily activities are performed each day in almost the same situations. Habits emerge through associative learning. “We find patterns of behavior that allow us to reach goals.