...The habits of good students and bad students I always believe that the key to an effective study is to learn and adopt good study habits. The difference between good students or bad students depends on how they apply and develop study habits that could help them to study efficiently and effectively. Good students always enjoy some of the great habits that help them to be more productive. The first habit is focusing in the class. That is considered one of the greatest habits to adopt. Because they can learn more, decrease the time of study out the class, take notes and participate with others. The second habit is studying in groups. Students in groups can exchange their notes, reduce distractions if they were studying alone, and learn from each other when they struggle to understand concepts. The third habit is to set a study plan from the first day of school. They always prepare and organize their materials; they prioritize the most important tasks and manage enough time to study before tests. On the other hand, bad students always struggle from the habit of procrastinating and plan to work up to a deadline. This habit causes stress, and make students panic to focus and study. In addition, bad students don’t minimize lifestyle distraction. They don’t pick a quiet environment to study or full of distractions such as technology. Moreover, another bad habit is to study all night and go to school with no sleep. Finally, the most important...
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...Habbit A habit can be defined as any action that we have performed so often that it becomes almost an involuntary response. If one considers a habit to be undesirable, than it may be labeled as a bad habit. Every person has some sort of bad habit and many people want to break them, but it is a very difficult task for most. People spend so much time and even money trying to break these bad habits, but have little success. In order to break these bad habits, a person needs to work very hard to want to change. Change is not easy. It does take hard work and there is no short cut to achieving it. Nancy Schimelpfenig states that the first step in breaking a bad habit is to look at why you find the action so compelling. Is there some kind of payoff for doing these bad habits? If you think about it though, there are payoffs for everything that you do whether good or bad. In order to start breaking bad habits, you need to realize the payoff of it and think if it is something really worth it, or just some k A final solution to breaking bad habits it to substitute another action in for the habit. Doing so will help to focus more on a good thing rather than a bad thing. For example, if you feel tense from something that has happened, and you need to cool off by performing in your bad habit, go out for a walk or jog to cool off instead. For one, it is healthy and good for you, and you will be progressing on breaking your bad habit. In conclusion, there are many good options to...
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...HOW TO BREAK BAD HABITS ENGL106-1205B-212 Instructor: Alaina Lett American Intercontinental University Demantre’ R. Jones February 10, 2013 . Habits are things that people do good or bad repeatedly. People start their own habits, and they are very hard to break. Whether it is good or bad habits; it is something that the person has to choose to change. A habit in terms is: “Jerry likes to ride his bike,” that is one of Jerry’s habits. Breaking bad habits is one of the hardest things to do. Smoking is a bad habit that millions of people choose to do. Some people smoke due to stress and other issues, which still doesn’t make the habit good. People die from cancer because of smoking and people still choose to smoke. Breaking this habit comes with a perfect mind state and patience and a will to stop completely. Drinking alcohol carelessly is a bad habit that some people have. Drinking too much alcohol can eat your kidney and liver, which can end in a terrible illness. Millions of people drink irresponsibly, which is also the main reason for car accident deaths. An estimated 10,839 people died in the United States in 2012 due to drunk driving accidents accounting to 32% of total traffic deaths. (www.centurycouncil.org>Drunk Driving>Research) The process to breaking smoking habits is first to acknowledge that it is wrong. Secondly you have to be willing to quit. The outcome is to stop smoking. Third you have to ask...
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...Habits Lynette Huff PSY/250 October 28, 2013 David Dakroub Habits Habits are an acquired pattern of behavior that has become almost involuntary as a result of frequent repetition (The Free Dictionary, 2013). Habits are something that people do like either biting nails, smoking, doing drugs, or washing their hands a number of times. Some habits can be good and others can bad. Most people find it hard to break bad habits and take on good habits. The whole world can have bad and good habits those habits are what help make up our personality. Sometimes our habits are how some people perceive us and maybe even the way they treat us. We will look into how these habits can perceive us and how we can use them or not use them. When analyzing one of our habits it would be a bad one because we have a tendency to bite our nails. Nail biting started for us when we were little, why it started could not tell anyone why or how. Looking back we do not remember ever having a role model except maybe other little children that did the same thing. Do remember our mother telling us to stop biting our nails that is was bad. Now that we are older we have stopped biting our nails in some ways, the only time we bit our nails now is when we are stressed. We guess we started biting our nails again when we decided to quit smoking, which is another bad habit we picked up along the way. We started smoking and quit biting our nails when our father pasted away and we had to step up to the plate...
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...Forming Habits PSY/250 Forming Habits I was raised in a family with three brothers and I had to prove myself all the time. I always felt someone else was telling me how to do things and how to run my live instead of me being able to live my own life and learn from my mistakes. Growing up with three brothers who were already in the habit of arguing when I was adopted into the family, it seems it was hard not to pick up the same habit. Were there role models for this habit? I would not call arguing a good habit. Therefore I would not state my brothers were role molds for this habit, but an influence. When there are three people around you doing the same thing, it is hard to break the habit even as we get older. To date, my brothers still argue with each other. They have to prove their point. One of my little brothers is a lawyer. I guess this is a great way for him to prove his point. Unfortunately this is a trait that my children have picked up from me. My children argue with each other and myself because they feel they have to prove themselves. They argue with me and for some reason, I allowed them to at an earlier age. My children are now 17 and almost 16. They argue with me more to the point that they will not just drop it and let it be. Everyone has to have the last word except my husband. He is the only one that will drop it or walk away. He hates the arguing. I do as well and ask the children to drop it but they do not listen. I know this is my fault because I...
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...English 118-3892 19 April 2016 Way to Better Life through Habits Charles Duhigg, the author of the Book called “The power of Habit” asserts “Habit can be changed if we understand how they work.” Duhigg wants to explain that understanding the instructor of habit is one of the most important steps for changing bad habits. Individuals who understand the habit loop can change bad habits and lead to more productive, healthier and successful life. Understanding the habit loop is the first and most important step for getting know how the habit works. As Duhigg mentioned in his book “Simply understanding how habit work-learning the structure of habit loop-makes them easier to control” (10).When the person decide to get rid of a habit, he needs to get important information about that habit, then the person can exactly focus on that habit and start the process to change that habit. These information’s are not achievable but by understanding the habit loop and individuals can act on changing habits with more chances of success. The habit loop starts with a cue, which is then followed by an almost automatic action (routine), which is reinforced by a last step called reward. Then the loop is ready to begin again. Some example can make this habit loop more easy to understand. A person wants to start exercising every morning, at the beginning, she needs to choose a cue like going to gym as soon as she wakes up or put the sporting clothes where she see them (next to her bed).Then...
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...Bad habits interrupt your life and prevent you from accomplishing your goals. They jeopardize your health — both mentally and physically. And they waste your time and energy. So why do we still do them? And most importantly, is there anything you can do about it? I’ve previously written about the science of how habits start, so now let’s focus on the practice of making changes in the real world. How can you delete your bad behaviors and stick to good ones instead? I certainly don’t have all of the answers, but keep reading and I’ll share what I’ve learned about how to break a bad habit. What causes bad habits? Most of your bad habits are caused by two things… Stress and boredom. Most of the time, bad habits are simply a way of dealing with stress and boredom. Everything from biting your nails to overspending on a shopping spree to drinking every weekend to wasting time on the internet can be a simple response to stress and boredom. But it doesn’t have to be that way. You can teach yourself new and healthy ways to deal with stress and boredom, which you can then substitute in place of your bad habits. Of course, sometimes the stress or boredom that is on the surface is actually caused by deeper issues. These issues can be tough to think about, but if you’re serious about making changes then you have to be honest with yourself. Are there certain beliefs or reasons that are behind the bad habit? Is there something deeper — a fear, an event, or a limiting...
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..."Good habits are hard to develop but easy to live with" and "Bad habits are easy to develop but hard to live with", according to Brian Tracey, a well-known motivational teacher. You may recognize that to successfully manage habit changes, breaking bad habits may be required in order to develop new ones. Breaking bad habits takes at least 21 days. Of course, in difficult cases, it can take as long as a year. Here's an example of the process of how to change an unhealthy habit to a healthy habit. Suppose you've decided that coffee is not good for you and right now, you drink coffee with sugar daily. The new habit you would like to institute is to drink herbal tea without sugar. At first, it may be challenging to break the bad habit of drinking coffee. You will have to use self-discipline for the first few weeks but gradually it will get easier. Once you are able to change the old habit to a new healthier one, it will serve you very well. Habits are remarkable because they don't require thinking. You just "do it" for years until you find yourself changing the habit again. There are 5 easy steps for changing habits .The first step is You must become aware of your habits. What is this habit exactly? How is this bad habit or group of bad habits affecting you? How is this habit affecting others? For example, smoking often has negative effects on others as well as on you .Secondly as someone with a health problem, you must decide that breaking bad habits through a conscious effort is...
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...sociological, economical, and cultural implications of food on nutritional status. (PO #1, PO #2) CO #4 Describe evidence-based interventions and modifications in nutrition therapy that can positively influence the outcome of disease and illness. (PO #1, PO #8) Due Date Refer to Course Calendar for campus requirements. Online will submit by Sunday, Unit 7 11:59 pm MT. Total Points Possible: 100 Requirements 1. Create a concept map document based on the food and activity journal throughout the course using www.chooseMyPlate.gov. The discussion questions in units 1, 3, 5, & 7 will provide you with questions on what aspect of diet to focus on. You are not being graded on your personal habits; you are being graded on your understanding how good personal choices lead to optimal health benefits. 2. In the “Assignment” page of Unit 1, locate the document that is listed as “Concept map.” Use this document to develop a complete concept map and discussion based on your overall diet from your personal diet journal. 3. You will need to...
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...should have may depend on the activities he/she does. However, a lot of people are having problem in sleeping because of work, technology and other activities, resulting to accidents, sickness, confusion, daytime sleepiness and the likes. In today’s situation, most people specifically the Filipino teenagers have been struggling on how they will gain good sleeping habits. Filipino Teenagers tend to forget to rest or to sleep because of different activities that they do mostly school works. Furthermore, when our body didn’t get enough sleep or rest, we may feel tired and become irritable. Thus, more negative effects arise. Loss of concentration, loss of appetite daytime sleepiness, tiredness, irritability and moodiness are the greater impacts of bad sleeping habits especially to the students. The researcher, then, decides to find ways and means to identify the cause to find favorable solutions. Also, the researcher wants to inform the students of the effect of good and bad sleeping habits towards their academic performance. This study aims to give the respondents some information about having good and bad sleeping habits and how it will affect their academic performances. It also aims to inquire some perception as perceived by the Grade 10 students of St. James Academy. STATEMENT OF THE...
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...Habits We all have habits, in fact, anything repeatedly done is defined as a habit. Habits are done without even thinking about them. Habits might be good or bad. Rising early, working hard, being punctual are examples of good habits. Gambling, swearing, lying, drinking, stealing, and fighting are examples of bad habits. I am a smoker, as much as I know that this is harmful to myself and others around me, I find myself struggling to quit. This is a bad habit. As much as I would like to quit, every time I try, I cannot get past the initial withdrawal. I know that each day that I would be smoke-free would be one day closer to being free from the addiction, and one step closer to a healthier me. That is when my subconscious takes over and with one quick movement I light up again. According to some around me, my worst habit is my use of foul language. I, on the other hand, believe in the freedom of speech and do not share their point of view. Words are just words, they only hold meaning if someone allows them to. I do understand that many people see that what they consider foul language to be someone’s limited vocabulary. I, on the other hand, believe that unpopular and unwanted speech is vital. I think one of my good habits is that I am a hard worker. I have consistently worked and provided for my family since I was eighteen years old. At one point, I worked a seven day a week job. It was tiring, and I had no time to see my family, but I trudged along knowing that...
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...A person bad habits. Nowadays, there are a lot of people with their own bad habits. Sometimes people begin to notice them and understand that it is not a good and some of them want to solve from them but they can not. There are a lot of kind of a person bad habits such us to glad hair, play with pen and pencil, swing on the chair, interrupt the other people and etc. But we well see only some of them and also some ways to solve from this bad habits. In our days, one of the biggest problem of person bad habits it is to interrupt the other people. Unfortunately a lot of people do not have any patient and it is a very big problem. Sometimes they do not notice them and they think that all is right. In this way people must control themself and if they want to say something they must not to say it in hurry, they must think when it would be better to say what they want. This people can be adviced by their friends, parents or by a psychologist. The next type of bad habits it is to bite own nails. This type is the most prevalent, especcially among teenagers. In this way people must read some magazines and books with some information about of solving this problem. One of the most widespread way to solve this problem is to begin rise your own nails. If people begin to do this, they will not to bite their nails because it will be a pity to bite them. The last type of a person bad habits is to play with pen and pencil. Some people often do it and they do not notice what they...
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...have a few bad eating habits, whether it be munching on a bag of potato chips when you talk on the phone or scarfing down a doughnut during break time at work. You may think that it's the taste of that chocolate doughnut that keeps your hand dipping into the doughnut box. Not necessarily so. Surprisingly, some bad eating habits persist even when food tastes bad. Bad Eating Habits Persist Even When Food Tastes Bad Researchers gave groups of people attending a movie a bucket of freshly popped popcorn or a container of stale popcorn to munch on during the show. Moviegoers who didn't regularly go to the movies ate very little of the stale popcorn because they didn't like the taste. On the other hand, those who regularly purchased popcorn at the movies ate the same amount of the crunchy snack whether it was freshly popped or stale. The habit of eating popcorn at the movies was so firmly ingrained they ate it even when it didn't taste good. Even a stale, flavorless bag of popcorn wasn't enough to change their eating habits. This study suggests that once you've formed a bad eating habit, it's likely to persist even when the experience is no longer pleasurable. Outside environmental cues such as being in a movie theater or talking on the phone can be a trigger for some eating behaviors, even more so than the taste of the food itself. How many times have you found yourself mindless munching on something without really tasting it? These automatic eating habits can become...
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...Nowadays, there are a lot of people with their own bad habits. Sometimes people begin to notice them and understand that it is not a good and some of them want to solve from them but they can not. There are a lot of kind of a person bad habits such us to glad hair, play with pen and pencil, swing on the chair, interrupt the other people and etc. But we well see only some of them and also some ways to solve from this bad habits. In our days, one of the biggest problem of person bad habits it is to interrupt the other people. Unfortunately a lot of people do not have any patient and it is a very big problem. Sometimes they do not notice them and they think that all is right. In this way people must control themself and if they want to say something they must not to say it in hurry, they must think when it would be better to say what they want. This people can be adviced by their friends, parents or by a psychologist. The next type of bad habits it is to bite own nails. This type is the most prevalent, especcially among teenagers. In this way people must read some magazines and books with some information about of solving this problem. One of the most widespread way to solve this problem is to begin rise your own nails. If people begin to do this, they will not to bite their nails because it will be a pity to bite them. The last type of a person bad habits is to play with pen and pencil. Some people often do it and they do not notice what they do. Sometimes people...
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...Running Head: Breaking a Bad Habit Breaking a Bad Habit Abstract There are many bad habits that different people have. This essay will show you some steps to help get rid of one. Breaking a Bad Habit Are you trying to break a bad habit? Do you need some help or advice on some ways to break it? Best believe that after reading this essay, you will be able to break that bad habit in no time. There are many habits that are considered to be bad. There are those like: rolling your hair with your fingers; picking skin off your lip; or smacking when you eat. How about we go with the most famous bad habit that so many people do, and that is biting their fingernails. Many people engage in nail-biting, but there are several steps that a person can use to overcome this bad habit. The first step to breaking the bad habit of nail biting is to set a goal. Most people who set goals for their bad habits have something to look forward to when they finally stop. It is one of the best ways to help gain that little push that is needed. Some people feel that if there is nothing...
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