If you really think about it, your habits, good and bad, play a huge role in determining the kind of person you are.
Do you throw your socks onto the floor when you come home from work? Are you punctual? Are you courteous? The latter is generally thought of as being a good habit.
But what about the bad ones? It is your bad habits that can cause problems in the long run and potentially inhibit you from achieving some of your goals.
We are by nature creatures of habit; we generally react well to structural patterns.
But this characteristic is both a blessing and a curse.
You can think about bad habits as that one friend who is a bit of a bad apple, they always end up getting you both into trouble somehow, but you just can't resist the thrill of hanging out with them.
A similar thing is happening in terms of your bad habits.
The immediate gratification is rewarding, it initially fulfills a purpose of helping you relieve stress (i.
e.
smoking) or perhaps it saves you time (i.
e.
leaving a file folder out instead of filing it away).
But in the long run your bad habits may spawn a whole slew of problems that will eventually prevent you from gaining personal success.
In some cases we know all too well the dangers of practicing a certain habit.
Think about some of the common bad habits, things like poor time management kills, spending too much time watching T.
V or procrastination.
You probably realize that these habits are detrimental to your well being; you're always late, always tired in the morning or always rushing to meet a deadline.
These consequences are a direct result of your bad habits.
There are a couple reasons why many people continue with this pattern .
You may feel some security in staying in your comfort zone, you may feel helpless or overwhelmed with these bad habits and you may not know where to start to correct them or perhaps you may even have a particular bad habit because it helps you fulfill a need for social acceptance.
All these reasons may make it difficult to finally break away from a debilitating bad habit.
But that being said it is in fact very possible to break a habit and successfully replace it with a new one.
The people you admire like athletes, politicians and other successful forward thinking individuals do it all the time.
So why can't you? Turn your bad habits into positive ones and get on track to more success and happiness in your life.
Do you throw your socks onto the floor when you come home from work? Are you punctual? Are you courteous? The latter is generally thought of as being a good habit.
But what about the bad ones? It is your bad habits that can cause problems in the long run and potentially inhibit you from achieving some of your goals.
We are by nature creatures of habit; we generally react well to structural patterns.
But this characteristic is both a blessing and a curse.
You can think about bad habits as that one friend who is a bit of a bad apple, they always end up getting you both into trouble somehow, but you just can't resist the thrill of hanging out with them.
A similar thing is happening in terms of your bad habits.
The immediate gratification is rewarding, it initially fulfills a purpose of helping you relieve stress (i.
e.
smoking) or perhaps it saves you time (i.
e.
leaving a file folder out instead of filing it away).
But in the long run your bad habits may spawn a whole slew of problems that will eventually prevent you from gaining personal success.
In some cases we know all too well the dangers of practicing a certain habit.
Think about some of the common bad habits, things like poor time management kills, spending too much time watching T.
V or procrastination.
You probably realize that these habits are detrimental to your well being; you're always late, always tired in the morning or always rushing to meet a deadline.
These consequences are a direct result of your bad habits.
There are a couple reasons why many people continue with this pattern .
You may feel some security in staying in your comfort zone, you may feel helpless or overwhelmed with these bad habits and you may not know where to start to correct them or perhaps you may even have a particular bad habit because it helps you fulfill a need for social acceptance.
All these reasons may make it difficult to finally break away from a debilitating bad habit.
But that being said it is in fact very possible to break a habit and successfully replace it with a new one.
The people you admire like athletes, politicians and other successful forward thinking individuals do it all the time.
So why can't you? Turn your bad habits into positive ones and get on track to more success and happiness in your life.
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