Essay 2 In the book The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg a business graduate of Yale and Harvard explains how habits are formed and how we can change these habits. In the book he explains how habits are formed and the three important parts of a habit loop: cue, routine, and reward. He tells the reader about craving and the role it plays in a person’s habit. And he also explains how the reader can change our habits by using the golden rule and beliefs. Knowing all of this, the reader learns about habits which can be applied to our daily lives, like my habit. My habit of smoking cigarettes with my friends starts when my friends and I hang out after a long day of school and work. Then the craving of
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In Duhigg’s book, he explains craving by showing the readers the experiment with Julio the monkey. Julio the monkey was an experiment to show how craving plays a role in habits. Julio was given the task of pulling the lever when he saw a shape on the computer screen, when this task was done he was rewarded with blackberry juice (which he loved). During the whole time Julio was doing the experiment, scientist were recording his brainwaves and found something shocking. When Julio started the experiment his brainwaves would spike up when he obtained the juice (which indicated his pleasure). But as time passed and pulling the lever became a habit for Julio, his brainwaves would spike up when he pulled the lever. It showed that he knew what he was getting and pulled the lever because it became a habit. And this plays in people’s habits too, my smoking habit is caused by my craving to have fun with my friends. I don’t care about smoking cigarettes but I do care about being left behind by my …show more content…
How can people change their nasty habits into good habits. Well, in the book Duhigg explains the “Golden Rule”, which tells the reader to keep the cue and reward the same but to change the routine. An example is my smoking habit, I should keep my cue (hanging out with friends) and reward (socializing with my friends) but should change the routine (smoking). But what should I change my habit into so that I can still hang out with my friends? Well since me and my friends love playing basketball together, I think I should play a game of pickup basketball with them instead of smoking cigarettes with them. This will allow us to still socialize with each other while still keeping our minds off of cigarettes. I think this is a great plan because we get exercise and still get to enjoy each other’s company. But in stressful time this will be hard to keep up and I hope that we are still able to stop smoking.
In life, people go through stressful time whether they want to or not. And in these times of stress people often go back to their old habits. So, how do we as people get over these stressful times? Duhigg explains in his book that we must have belief in something bigger than ourselves or have a support group. These two factors will help a person to overcome a stressful time and retain their good habits. Belief in God will help me to overcome this habit because we all believe in God and it will help us see the bigger picture. That we are stronger than smoking
In Duhigg’s book, he explains craving by showing the readers the experiment with Julio the monkey. Julio the monkey was an experiment to show how craving plays a role in habits. Julio was given the task of pulling the lever when he saw a shape on the computer screen, when this task was done he was rewarded with blackberry juice (which he loved). During the whole time Julio was doing the experiment, scientist were recording his brainwaves and found something shocking. When Julio started the experiment his brainwaves would spike up when he obtained the juice (which indicated his pleasure). But as time passed and pulling the lever became a habit for Julio, his brainwaves would spike up when he pulled the lever. It showed that he knew what he was getting and pulled the lever because it became a habit. And this plays in people’s habits too, my smoking habit is caused by my craving to have fun with my friends. I don’t care about smoking cigarettes but I do care about being left behind by my …show more content…
How can people change their nasty habits into good habits. Well, in the book Duhigg explains the “Golden Rule”, which tells the reader to keep the cue and reward the same but to change the routine. An example is my smoking habit, I should keep my cue (hanging out with friends) and reward (socializing with my friends) but should change the routine (smoking). But what should I change my habit into so that I can still hang out with my friends? Well since me and my friends love playing basketball together, I think I should play a game of pickup basketball with them instead of smoking cigarettes with them. This will allow us to still socialize with each other while still keeping our minds off of cigarettes. I think this is a great plan because we get exercise and still get to enjoy each other’s company. But in stressful time this will be hard to keep up and I hope that we are still able to stop smoking.
In life, people go through stressful time whether they want to or not. And in these times of stress people often go back to their old habits. So, how do we as people get over these stressful times? Duhigg explains in his book that we must have belief in something bigger than ourselves or have a support group. These two factors will help a person to overcome a stressful time and retain their good habits. Belief in God will help me to overcome this habit because we all believe in God and it will help us see the bigger picture. That we are stronger than smoking