Bad habits

Good Habits have certain characteristics: 

• Obvious: Put your gym bag by the door so you see it first thing in the morning.
• Attractive: Listen to your favorite music while you work out.
• Easy: Start ...

The process of behavior change always starts with awareness. You need to be aware of your habits before you can change them.

Pointing-and-Calling raises your level of awareness from a nonconscious habit to a more conscious level by verbalizing your actions.

• Make a list of daily h...

All of the habits that you have right now — good or bad — are in your life because they provide a benefit to you, even if they are bad for you in other ways.

And because bad habits provide some type of benefit in your life, it's very difficult to simply eliminate them.