Breaking Bad habits

Breaking Bad habits

By Gyem Om

Open Ended

1)     What are some things that you like to do every day?

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2) What are some things that you should do every day that you don’t always?

1. When things don’t happen as we planned them to, we make excuses. We find convenient ways to justify why we couldn’t or wouldn’t do something. Stubbornly, we put off our plans and believe that tomorrow is more convenient than today. These excuses waste time and prevent us from making progress

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Bad Habits to Break to Improve Our Lives

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2. Interconnectivity distracts us from doing tasks efficiently. The internet is full of shallow content designed to get our attention. After losing our attention, research by professor Gloria Mark says it takes 23 minutes and 15 seconds to completely return to a task. To focus on our work, we need to put away our devices. Also, people may say they are great at multitasking, but research shows that 98% of us cannot do it well.

 

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3. We often believe that saying ‘No’ is impolite or unfriendly, so we say ‘Yes’ to everything. This can negatively affect our own personal time and happiness. ​

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4. With the rise of social media, it has become much easier to compare ourselves to others. We often compare ourselves to images of other people’s lives that may not reflect reality. This can make us discontent.

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5. Our minds are full of useless comments and judgements. When we let these inner voices control our lives, we overlook the beauty of the present moment.

Poll

1. Making excuses

• That’s me

• Somewhat me

• Not me

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2. Distraction/Multitasking

• That’s me

• Somewhat me

• Not me

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saying ‘Yes’ to everything

• That’s me

• Somewhat me

• Not me

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Discontent and overlook beauty of present moment

• That’s me

• Somewhat me

• Not me

Open Ended

1)     The article says that smartphones make people less productive. Is this true for personal life? What about the workplace?

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)     What are some ways that we can use to ‘say no’ politely?

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3)    How does our culture change how we view good or bad habits? If you have lived in another culture, what ‘good’ or ‘bad’ behaviours are viewed differently there?