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Bad Habits
Bad habits limit your opportunities in
life. Here are six of the worst, with suggestions on how to break
them. Of course it is best if you retrain your brain in good
habits too, but just getting rid of bad habits is a great start
to a better life.
The Worst Bad Habits
1. Blaming outside factors. Justified or
not, how often does blaming someone or something for our situation
motivate us to improve it? This is definitely one of the worst
of these bad habits, and one of the more subtle ones too. For
example, giving "reasons" for our troubles is often
just a form of blaming.
Suppose a given area of business is over-regulated.
Who is more likely to succeed in this area, the man who blames
the regulation for his troubles, or the one that is always asking,
"What can I do to succeed with things the way they are?"
Train your mind to think like the latter, if you want greater
success. You can point at problems, or deal with them.
2. Thinking short-term. I knew a man who
paid $700 per month in rent when a nicer place was available
for $550. Why? The expensive apartment required no deposit, and
the cheaper place required a $450 deposit, so he would have had
to save $1,000 to move in. For his short-term thinking, he now
pays $1,800 more for rent each year.
Short term thinking got this man into his
situation, but even once in it he could have gone to the pawn
shop and raised the extra money. Even at 36% annual interest,
it would have cost him very little to raise the extra $300, versus
spending $1,800 more per year. Think about long-term consequences
of your actions. Write them down whenever you make a decision.
Do this until your mind does it automatically.
3. Impulsive behavior. A man at the bus
stop mentioned that he had bought a $200 hat. Minutes later he
told me he was hoping they would approve his welfare application.
A problem with impulse control? Is it possible that his bad habits
may have lead to a place on the welfare rolls?
Why not wait a day before taking any action
that commits time, energy or money towards something that is
not a major goal in your life? Do this until it is a habit. You'll
usually change your mind by the next day.
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4. Waiting for opportunity to knock. Why
should I be "waiting for my ship to come in," while
others are out there building ships? Work invites opportunities
- waiting doesn't. Why not search out opportunities and create
opportunities? Training your brain to see them can be as simple
as looking for them every day. Training yourself to take advantage
of them can start by always taking some small step the moment
you recognize an opportunity.
5. Procrastinating. Creative procrastination,
such as putting off picking up that cigarette or eating that
cake, can actually be a good habit. That isn't what we normally
procrastinate on though. To stop procrastinating on the things
you want and need to do, get in the habit of looking for and
doing the easiest first step you can find. Often just starting
will develop your motivation.
6. Laziness. What can I say about this
bad habit, except that I don't know of anyone who has suffered
greatly from forcing themselves to get up and do something. Try
something easy first. If low energy is part of the problem, start
learning a few techniques for boosting it, like deep breathing
and singing.
You may have heard the saying, "change
your mind - change your life." How do you do that? A simple
start is to correct your bad habits, one-by-one.
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