Let me begin by giving you the definition of a habit and going over some of the science behind habits because I’ve found that there’s an awful lot of it, and also because I think it’s important that we understand how we’re hardwired. Webster defines a habit as an acquired mode of behavior that has become nearly or completely involuntary. Charles Duhigg writes in his best-selling book: The Power of Habit that habits are, “the choices all of us deliberately make at some point, and thus stop thinking about but continue doing, often every day.”
Charles declares in his book, “Most choices we make every day may feel like the products of well-considered decision making, but they’re actually not, they’re habits.” And Charles believes, “Although each habit means relatively little on its own, over time, the meals we order, what we say to our kids each night, whether we save or spend, how we exercise, and the way we organize our thoughts and work routines have enormous impacts on health, productivity, financial security, and happiness.”