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LESSON: 10

TURN YOUR BAD HABITS INTO GOOD HABITS

Habits can make you
and it can break you. All
successful people know
this simple fact. It can
take you from a scared,
insecure, lost person to
an extremely successful
person on this planet.
All you need to do is
turn your bad habits
into good habits.
You decide your
habits and your habits
decide your future.
When you change your habits and work on your priorities, you become in
charge of your life. You can achieve anything you want in life when you are
taking control of your life.

What causes bad habits?

Two things cause most of your bad habits…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.

However, it does not 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 caused by
deeper issues. These issues can be tough to think about, but if you are serious
about making changes then you have to be honest with yourself.
Recognizing the causes of your bad habits is crucial to overcoming
them.

Here are a few steps that turn your bad habits into good habits:

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