MOST of life is habitual and we are the product of habit.  A habit is any action that we have performed so often that it becomes almost an involuntary response. Habits have great influence upon our success or failure in life. Habits are the foundation of our success as most things we do are the result of habits. A habit is classified as a bad habit if it is undesirable and good if it enhances the execution of our dreams, facilitates good and harmonious relationships and makes us responsible citizens and effective contributors to societal good.

Very often, we are our own worst enemies. If care is not taken, we can be the greatest stumbling block to our own progress and success in life if we do not watch our habits. We have more power than we think we have and we are the greatest determinant of the direction our lives heads. Habits are the result of the choices we have made and for our lives to count, we must learn to take responsibilities for our lives and be wary of pointing accusing fingers at other people for our predicament in life. One major influence that determines our outcome in life is our habits.

Habits are the result of what we do persistently. The routine of doing something regularly makes us tend to repeat such behaviour subconsciously. The more we repeat the actions, the more they become entrenched in us and the more we do them, we do them “without thinking”. Habits, therefore, are learned and acquired. Habits are the products of what we have chosen to do or not to do over time. We are all the products of habits. Our character is a collection of our habits. We form habits and then habits end up forming us. Our habits predict our future – what we keep doing by habit will determine our future. Habits keep us stuck to doing things the same way except we consciously make effort to break them or form new habits. We must watch our habits so we do not end up in serious trouble. Like they say, insanity is expecting a different result when you keep doing the same thing every time. If we do not consciously form good habits, we will unconsciously form bad habits and our habits will determine how we will turn out in life.  

The good thing about habits is that they can be changed. We all have the willpower to correct and change our habits. When a person can no longer exercise his willpower to change a habit then that action or behaviour becomes an addiction. We can change bad habits and form new ones.

The way we turn out in life is the result of the choices we make. We can make the choice to cultivate good habits or allow ourselves to drift into acquiring bad ones that will militate against our success. Habits are a proof of our ability to learn and we, therefore, need to maximize this ability for our good. Habits are learned so they can be unlearned.

Maybe you need to pause and ask yourself – what habits have I formed over the years? Which of my habits are bad and which of them are good? What habits do I need to discard and what new habits do I need to acquire to facilitate the execution of my dream? Am I ready to give all it will take to discard bad habits and acquire new ones?

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