You Can Change Your Life by Mastering Your Habits — Part — 1

Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

“Habits, scientists say, emerge because the brain is constantly looking for ways to save effort.”

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A Matter of Habit

A habit is an activity that a person deliberately decides to perform once and continues doing without focus, often frequently. Think about the complicated procedures you automatically employ to drive your car. Habits develop because the human brain is wired to seek ways to conserve energy. Researchers who study the science of habits observe that patients who lose their memories due to illness or injury still retain the ability to carry out their habits. A patient named Eugene suffered from a damaging attack of viral encephalitis and could no longer even draw a rough floor plan of his home, but he could still find the kitchen when he wanted a snack. He proved that “someone who can’t remember his own age or almost anything else can develop habits that seem inconceivably complex — until you realize everyone relies on similar neurological processes every day.”

“Automatic behaviors” reside in the deep brain’s basal ganglia, which translates deeds into customary actions by using a process called “chunking.” For example…