Essay On Changing Behavior

From eating healthier, losing weight, stopping cursing, or stopping procrastinating, most people have a list of behaviors they would like to change. Although many people can relate to this problem, few lack the motivation or discipline to actually change and fix their bad behaviors. Changing behaviors one uses everyday may appear to be easy, but it really is very hard to achieve. Many studies have been conducted analyzing how humans cope with changing their behaviors, and how they achieve their goals of changing. Models have been made to display and explain the stages of behavior change to try and help people make change easier. In order to fully change unwanted behaviors, one must acquire a strong mental discipline. To become disciplined, one must first identify their bad behavior triggers, go through the stages of change, and create a new permanent lifestyle centered around how they want it to look. “A trigger is any stimulus that reshapes our thoughts and and actions” (Goldsmith, XV). We are constantly surrounded by triggers everywhere in our environment that greatly impact us, whether we are aware of it or not. Triggers can be beneficial, or detrimental. They can cause good reactions and bad ones. Virtually anything can be a trigger for someone, no matter how big or small. “Our environment is the most potent triggering mechanism in our lives- and not always for our benefit” (Goldsmith, XV). When a person decides that they want to change, they make plans and set …show more content…
“Bandura’s social Cognitive theory proposes that people are driven not by inner forces, but by external factors” (Theories of Behavior Change). The model shows that human behavior can be explained by analyzing the interaction between personal, environmental, and behavioral factors. Bandura also points out that people may not change their behavior if they aren’t rewarded for their