Ryan and Markova have found what they call three zones of existence: comfort, stretching and stress. Comfort is the domain of the existing habit. Stress arises when a challenge goes so far beyond the current experience that it is overwhelming. It`s that stretching area in intermediate activities that feels a little uncomfortable and unfamiliar where the real changes take place. The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the habits and organized opinions of the masses is an important element of democratic society. Those who manipulate this invisible mechanism of society form an invisible government, which is the real ruling power of our country. «Try to tie your hands,» says Markova. «You usually do it one way. Now try the other thumbs up. It`s weird, isn`t it? This is the precious moment we call confusion, when we merge the old with the new. Source: Propaganda (1928), p. 37 context: The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the habits and organized opinions of the masses is an important element of democratic society. Those who manipulate this invisible mechanism of society form an invisible government, which is the real ruling power of our country.
We are governed, our minds are shaped, our tastes are shaped, our ideas are proposed, mainly by men we have never heard of. This is a logical consequence of the organization of our democratic society. Many people need to work together in this way if they want to live together as a well-functioning society. Instead of rejecting ourselves as usually immutable creatures, we can instead control our own change by consciously developing new habits. The more we try new things, the more we leave our comfort zone, the more creative we become, both at work and in our personal lives. But if, when creating this new habit, the «big decision-maker» steps in to protest the unknown path, «you get convergence and we do the same thing over and over again,» she says. Some time ago, we talked about the challenge of changing our deep habits. In this article, we also noted that becoming aware of our habitual behavior is the first step to achieving the elusive goal of lasting change, because without awareness of our actions, we cannot choose others. These are four strategies we use to support change with our clients. We find that the best results are achieved when you combine these strategies instead of relying on just one or two. If you want to change your habits, then try them, you can be satisfied with the results. «Do something every day you don`t want to do; This is the golden rule to acquire the habit of doing one`s duty without pain.
«I teach someone when I want to learn something new or develop a new habit,» Ryan says. «Other people read a book about it or take a course. If you have a way to learn, use it, because it will be easier than creating a whole new way in your brain. «School rules, school homework, school habits and ideas, voices, faces, phrases, costumes, preferences and antipathies – that was what I knew about existence.» It therefore seems contradictory to speak of habits in the same context as creativity and innovation. But brain researchers have found that when we consciously develop new habits, we create parallel synaptic pathways and even entirely new brain cells that can put our train of thinking on new and innovative pathways. «Often there are no physical limitations. Rather, it is man-made laws, habits and organizational rules, regulations, personal egos and inertia that dominate the development of the future. Hindus are a terrorized society that has internalized a loose habit and made a virtue – the habit of surviving by flattering Islam and Muslims that it acquired during the long period of Islamic invasion and domination. Mahatma Gandhi was the best representative of this damaged Hindu psyche. «Old rule of twenty-one: if you do something twenty-one days in a row, it will be installed as a habit. Source: The Moral Judgment of the Child (1932), Chapter 1: The Rules of the Game, § 8: Conclusions: Motor Rules and the Two Types of Respect Context: The Driving Rule.
In its early days, the driving rule merges with the habit. In the first months of an infant`s life, the way he latches on, rests his head on the pillow, etc., crystallizes into compulsive habits. That is why education must begin in the cradle. Getting the child used to getting out of his own problems, or calming him down by rocking, can mean laying the foundation for a good or bad disposition. But not all habits will lead to the knowledge of a rule. The habit must first become frustrated, and the resulting conflict must lead to an active search for the familiar. Above all, the respective succession must be perceived as regular, that is, there must be a judgment or awareness of the rule. The driving rule is therefore the result of a feeling of repetition that arises from the ritualization of motor adaptation patterns. <!–The primitive rules of the marble game (throwing marbles, stacking, burying, etc.) that we observed at the age of 2-3 years are nothing else. The behavior in question is based on the desire for a form of exercise that takes into account the particular object being treated. The child begins to integrate the marbles into one or another pattern of assimilation that he already knows, such as building a nest, going underground, etc. Then, it adapts these schemes to the nature of the object by preventing the balls from rolling, putting them in a hole, throwing them, etc.
While the first three strategies are egocentric, the final strategy involves continuous feedback from others. We can let a colleague or friend know that we want to change certain behaviors and ask them to let us know when we have relapsed into our old habits, either at the time or after the event. But don`t bother killing old habits; Once these ruts of the procedure are transported into the hippocampus, they are here to stay. Instead, the new habits we intentionally anchor in ourselves create parallel paths that can bypass these old roads. «Old rules and habits must be thrown away and discarded so that something new can be created.» « It is not choice, but habit that governs the unthinking herd. » HABITS are a fun thing.