The harsh reality: We all have at least a couple of bad habits.

Humans are creatures of habit. We tend to do the same things over and over.

A quick one: The generation of bad habits often looks like this:

        Trigger —> Bad Habit —> Reward

As you can see, we have the opportunity to change this behavior chain at any point – the Trigger, the Reaction (or Bad Habit), and the Reward.

You can avoid your triggers (at least partially), you can change your thoughts and feelings about the trigger, you can certainly change your behavioral response by doing something different, and you can find alternatives that create the same or a different “reward”.

Nonetheless, it's good to be mindful of what Dr Maltz had cautioned us as follows, and also, it's worth your while to read Charles Duhigg's book, The Power of Habit: