FORMING GOOD HABITS
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.1
—WILL DURANT
OVERVIEW OF HABITUATION
A habit is like a sled creating grooves in a hill. The more the sled slides down the same path, the deeper the grooves it cuts. Over time, the sled continues to get pulled into the same grooves. Inevitably, fresh snow fills the old grooves. We always get an opportunity to pay attention to a different route.2
Our habits are formed based on where we place our attention. Then, for good or for ill, we become what we practice. While we might think that habitual change is a matter of willpower, the evidence proves otherwise. ...
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