Habits: Building Good, Breaking Bad
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Building Good,
Breaking Bad
Habits
James 4
Summitpointe, Milpitas, CA
Developing good habits,
purging bad habits
Why?
DEFINITION
More or less fixed way of thinking, willing or feeling acquired
through previous repetition of a mental experience.
Acting “without thinking”
What’s a Habit?
B. R. Andrews,
The American Journal of Psychology (1903)
Psychologist Jeremy Dean
Making Habits, Breaking Habits
ICE BREAKER
Name one good habit
Describe one bad habit
What’s Your Favorite Habit?
ICE BREAKER
Good Habits Examples
ICE BREAKER
Examples
Bad Habits
How did you decide what’s a good (vs. bad) habit?
If you are a forgetful person, would you still do your good habit?
WHY?
Do without thinking
Keep organized
Stay alive
Advantages of Habits
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http://www.online-phd-programs.org/smart-people/
Which habits should you adopt for yourself?
http://www.online-phd-programs.org/smart-people/
WHO’S INTELLIGENT?
Intelligence Quotient
An indicator of an individual’s
mental abilities relative to
others of approximately the
same age.
http://www.online-phd-programs.org/smart-people/
PERSISTENT
http://www.online-phd-programs.org/smart-people/
SET GOALS
http://www.online-phd-programs.org/smart-people/
READ
http://www.online-phd-programs.org/smart-people/
COGNITIVE SKILLS
http://www.online-phd-programs.org/smart-people/
BINGE DRINKING
http://www.online-phd-programs.org/smart-people/
RECREATIONAL DRUGS
http://www.online-phd-programs.org/smart-people/
SLEEP DEPRIVED
http://www.online-phd-programs.org/smart-people/
ANXIOUS
http://www.online-phd-programs.org/smart-people/
ANXIOUS
Developing Good Habits
Trigger
RoutineReward
Developing Good Habits
Trigger
RoutineReward
1. Go to bed
2. Brush teeth
3. Receive praise
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EVALUATION
1. What’s the trigger?
2. What is your routine?
3. What reward do you receive?
For Your Good Habit(s)
http://inkcloth.com/good-habits-for-kids-to-learn/
Sneezing
EVALUATION
1. What’s the trigger?
2. What is your routine?
3. What reward do you receive?
For Your Bad Habit(s)
http://www.wowshack.com/a-faux-pas-or-a-way-of-life-14-classic-indonesian-habits/
Anti-social
JAMES 4.17 ESV
So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.
Sin of Personal Omission
Knows the right thing to do
Fails to do the right thing
Doing What You Should
Is getting a low test score a sin?
Is not doing your homework a sin?
1 CORINTHIANS 10.13 ESV
No temptation has overtaken you that is
not common to man. God is faithful, and
he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he
will also provide the way of escape, that
you may be able to endure it.
Temptation
What’s the right way to deal with temptation?
Avogel.ca
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Long Term Habits
Samuel Smiles
Sow a thought, and you reap an act;
Sow an act, and you reap a habit;
Sow a habit, and you reap a character;
Sow a character, and you reap a destiny.
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/94528.Samuel_Smiles
Long Term Habits
Mahatma Gandhi
Your beliefs become your thoughts,
Your thoughts become your words,
Your words become your actions,
Your actions become your habits,
Your habits become your values,
Your values become your destiny.
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5810891.Mahatma_Gandhi
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Years ago I responded to letters within a
couple of weeks and kept my
correspondents happy. Then came the
fax machine, and they seemed content
with receiving a response within a
couple of days. Today, with email, instant
messaging, and mobile phones, a
response is expected the same day!
Be Still
http://odb.org/2016/02/22/be-still-3/
Personal Devotion
2
“Be still, and know that I am God.” In this familiar
verse from Psalm 46 I read two commands of equal
importance. First, we must be still, something that
modern life conspires against. In this hectic, buzzing
world, even a few moments of quiet do not come
naturally to us. And stillness prepares us for the
second command: “Know that I am God; I will be
exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the
earth.” In the midst of a world that colludes to
suppress, not exalt, God, how do I carve out time
and allow Him to nourish my inner life?
Be Still
http://odb.org/2016/02/22/be-still-3/
Personal Devotion
3
“Prayer,” writes Patricia Hampl, “is a habit of
attention brought to bear on all that is.” Ah, prayer
. . . a habit of attention. Be still and know. The first
step in prayer is to acknowledge or to “know” that
God is God. And in that attention, that focus, all
else comes into focus. Prayer allows us to admit our
failures, weaknesses, and limitations to the One
who responds to human vulnerability with infinite
mercy.
Be Still
http://odb.org/2016/02/22/be-still-3/
Personal Devotion
3
Dear Lord, help me to be still. Nourish my soul as I
spend time with You in prayer.
In prayer, God can quiet our minds.
Be Still
http://odb.org/2016/02/22/be-still-3/
Personal Devotion
NEXT TIME – IDENTIFYING BAD HABITS
Pick 1 bad habit you’d like to break
Pick 1 good habit you want to build
Habits
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