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I read an interesting explanation of the word HABIT.  When we remove the letter 'H', you'll have "a bit" remaining.  Remove the letter 'A', you will have "bit" remaining. Remove the letter 'B', you will have "it" remaining. The essence of it is that habits are tough to be forgotten.  This is a fact of life.  Imagine having good habits only.  Point 1 they will stay with you longer. Point 2 you will become a better person due to them.  The key then is to identify which habits are good and which are bad. Well, there is one easy way to differentiate them.  Habits which give instantaneous results are predominantly bad. This might not be the case for all of them but is true in 90% of the scenarios.  Let's try to understand with few examples. Example -  Cigarette smoking habit. Very addictive. Gives instant relaxation and impact on the smoker's attitude. Healthy eating habit - We live heal...

This article needs examples to help one understand the theme better.  Example 1: What happens when a kid falls sick? Parents, relatives and friends take special care of the kid.  Everyone tries to make the kid happy.  Parents either take leave from their work or take turns being with the kid and shower their love. Relatives provide numerous gifts and spend quality time with the kid. Friends come and share fun stories of their day. The doctor treats the kid with care. When a hospital is involved, it is almost like a five-star service hotel. In a nutshell, the kid has a blast even though there is physical discomfort or sickness. All these activities are done with the motive to help the recovery process move faster. Few insights on the happenings. The ever-busy parents found/made time for the kid and showered their love on the child The not-so-friendly relatives became extremely sportive, fun-loving and gave gifts Friends were forthcoming and share...

Just think about my next sentence for a moment before proceeding further. When we write down something, we are doing the following: Thinking Reading Writing About the text, you have just written down. So by a single action of writing down something, you are doing 3 things at once.  Now with experience, we know that our brain remembers something better when is done more times. Hence, writing things down helps it remember them more clearly.  Having established that writing helps remember things better, let's get on with our topic. How can writing help in achieving your goals? How can writing help in achieving your goals? Photo by  Green Chameleon  on  Unsplash 1. Clarity Writing down your goals brings about clarity on what you are trying to do.  Let me explain.  We human beings are distracted ones. In fact, we have more experience of being distracted than being focused. At the start of this article, I reinforc...