Habit is a behavior that tends to occur involuntarily. It is something that you do repeatedly and regularly. For example, you get up every day at the same time even without an alarm clock. we have a routine which we follow on a daily basis. If you’re a human being alive on planet Earth, you’ve got habits. Smoking is a bad habit but once you start doing it, you become habitual to it. Royston was scared of Maths. It was as though he had a phobia for the subject. He could never get himself to even think of doing anything right in Maths. If he would get something right – he would think it was just luck. He avoided working on the subject like plague. He was comfortable without it. He did not want to stress too much by focusing more on it. Slowly his grades in the subject reduced. He fared very poorly. And it was so bad that he started feeling out of place among his own circle of friends, who did pretty well in their academics, just because of his performance. His friends started avoiding him.

Slowly it dawned on him that he needed to act. It was time to do something about his “comfort zone”. He forced himself to work on Maths a little extra every day. It was very uncomfortable in the beginning. He had to rise earlier than usual; he had to forgo his other activities. But he was determined to get his place back among his friends. He continued being uncomfortable and ensured that he worked every day. Slowly, the effort did not seem too much for him. He found it easy to work on Maths, and scored good grades in the next term. He got himself into a habit and scored well.

Physiological habits

The physiological habits are the habits you maintain to fulfill your physiological needs. They are the need for sleep, the need for eating, the need for exercise and the need for keeping a good health. Habits are formed into four groups: Sleep, exercise, diet and cleansing. Let us assume that you have just been dismissed and now you don’t have a job. Without a job you don’t have any income. Without an income you cannot pay your bills etc. This is a very stressful situation. If you want to find a new job you have to keep peace of mind, stay focused and optimize your efforts to find a new job. Do you think you will succeed in getting a new job if you are tired, hungry and have a bad health? No, you will not. If you were to hire a person for a job then you would choose a candidate that seem enthusiastic, energized, happy and by good health. You would want a person with a good spirit! That is exactly why you have to work on these characteristics by mastering your physiological habits.

Ways to unlearn bad habits

1) Set a Reminder

2) Take baby steps in changing a habit

3) Set rewards if possible

4) Isolate the triggers for the habit and remove them

5) Measure the progress

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