Breaking Bad Habits:
An Analysis of “A Two-Step Plan for Changing Your Bad Habits”
How long does it take to break a habit? Two days? A month? Or is it even mission impossible? Perhaps you tried intensively to change your bad habits but have failed. In this point, you may feel frustrated, disappointed, devastated, or even angry. Nevertheless, there is hope for you to stand up again by doing simple two-steps which the author suggests: creating fear and then recognizes the great impact of your willingness. In “A Two-Step Plan for Changing Your Bad Habits”, a Harvard Business Review, May 2010, author Peter Bregman, a CEO of Bregman Partner, clearly, illustrates his personal experience on how he changes his bad driving habit. He presents his deep feelings on his experience of changing bad driving habits, that can help those who want to improve but can never …show more content…
There are more readers doing what he suggests. He needs a better plan for audiences, so he raises a question to them: How long do you think the fear will help you to correct bad habits? The author interestingly claims that “Fear is unsustainable” (Bregman). By introducing fear is not enough, readers expect further explanations. To answer that, the author expresses his understanding of human behavior which he gives a counter argument to himself that helps this article become more realistic. He states, “But it doesn’t last. I hate to admit it” (Bregman). This is a great credibility move to have deeper connections with his readers by sharing a similar experience, and it is also an effective transition to bring out his following point. He explains fear is for short-term change because it is exhausting and stressful over time. It does not have a positive impact on people who really want to change bad habits, so, therefore, fear is not enough to ultimately change bad habits, readers need another
An Analysis of “A Two-Step Plan for Changing Your Bad Habits”
How long does it take to break a habit? Two days? A month? Or is it even mission impossible? Perhaps you tried intensively to change your bad habits but have failed. In this point, you may feel frustrated, disappointed, devastated, or even angry. Nevertheless, there is hope for you to stand up again by doing simple two-steps which the author suggests: creating fear and then recognizes the great impact of your willingness. In “A Two-Step Plan for Changing Your Bad Habits”, a Harvard Business Review, May 2010, author Peter Bregman, a CEO of Bregman Partner, clearly, illustrates his personal experience on how he changes his bad driving habit. He presents his deep feelings on his experience of changing bad driving habits, that can help those who want to improve but can never …show more content…
There are more readers doing what he suggests. He needs a better plan for audiences, so he raises a question to them: How long do you think the fear will help you to correct bad habits? The author interestingly claims that “Fear is unsustainable” (Bregman). By introducing fear is not enough, readers expect further explanations. To answer that, the author expresses his understanding of human behavior which he gives a counter argument to himself that helps this article become more realistic. He states, “But it doesn’t last. I hate to admit it” (Bregman). This is a great credibility move to have deeper connections with his readers by sharing a similar experience, and it is also an effective transition to bring out his following point. He explains fear is for short-term change because it is exhausting and stressful over time. It does not have a positive impact on people who really want to change bad habits, so, therefore, fear is not enough to ultimately change bad habits, readers need another