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The Why Factor: Habits

Habits

01/05/2017 GMT

BBC World Service - The Why Factor, Habits

Shiulie Ghosh explains why we are all creatures of habits.

How do you start your day? It's a more complicated question than you think, because you don’t think about it very much. Shiulie Ghosh explains why we are all creatures of habit.

How do you start your day?  It’s a more complicated question than you think – and that’s because you don’t think about it very much. Quite a lot of what we do, we do every day. We create order by forming habits. From the way we brush our teeth to how we drive a car, ride a bike, or even tie our shoelaces – these are things we do every day without thinking. And it is a good thing we do because if we had to make multiple choices for every single simple activity our brains would just clog up. But there are good habits and bad habits. Ones that help us through the day and ones we cannot control.  Shiulie Ghosh explains the difference between these behaviours and why, one way or another, we are all creatures of habit.

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