The dawning of a new year brings out new possibilities. It may also \ntrigger a discomfort in proclaiming a resolution – a goal that may be a \nrepeat from the past or something that has little likelihood of \nsucceeding. Much of this reluctance and anxiety is embedded in our \npropensity to stay within the cocoon of our well established habits.
\nHumans are habitual creatures. You likely have the same routine once you\n wake up to prepare for work. You typically take the same route to work \nand back home. You have many other routines throughout your working day \nfollowed by routines in the evening as you retire for the day. And so \non.
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\nAs this month’s featured article points out, it takes 66 days for a new \nhabit to form. It also takes 66 days to break a bad habit. Humans are \ncreatures of habit including those automatic routines that hold back \nyour capacity to be all that you can be, and more.
\nMuch of being creatures of habit is attributed to our incredible, \nunconscious ability to trick our brain into believing that repeated \nbehaviour is the behaviour of choice. Once the brain has received a \nrepeated impulse it goes into an energy-saving, vacation mode. Once this\n happens, breaking the mode to approach a task or challenge in a new or \ndifferent manner becomes an obstacle – one that involves a disciplined \nand conscious action over 66 days or more.
\nThere are no lack of recommended techniques for breaking a habit. And \nyet, breaking our established, automatic patterns remain a challenge for\n us all.
\nI suggest that you use January as the launch of your introspective time to ask and answer questions such as,\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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