Astounding
fact: “more than 40% of the actions
people perform every day are not decisions but habits.”
That
is a direct quote from The Power of
Habit.
I had
to mull that one over a bit and soon came to that same conclusion. When I write on my computer, many of the
words are now habits and I spit them out in a blur so to speak. That is because I’ve formed the habit of
writing certain words thousands of times over the past bunch of years.
Another
nugget: “Habits can be changed if we know how they
work.”
Ah, understanding how they work is the
key. There are triggers with any habit,
and when we analyze those triggers, we begin to understand the mechanics of
this thing called habits.
This one stopped me in my tracks.
“Habits never really disappear.”
All you do is create new tracks for your
muscles and tissues to flow down and over time you create new habits. The old one is still there lurking, and can
be pulled back into play. Do you really
want to resurrect that old habit?
Consider that one carefully.
And finally:
“You brain can’t tell the difference
between bad and good habits …”
Charles
Duhigg is the author of this fine book.
Get your copy soon.
P Michael Biggs
Offering
Hope
Encouragement
Inspiration
One Word
at a Time
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