http://www.senia.com/2006/07/02/james-and-james-snap-habit-training/ Happiness, Positive Psychology, Coaching, Entrepreneurship, Stories, and the Brain Sun, 26 Sep 2010 19:50:00 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.senia.com/2006/07/02/james-and-james-snap-habit-training/comment-page-1/#comment-3960 Positive Psychology News Daily » Create New Habits: The GOOD Constraints Fri, 02 Mar 2007 05:00:18 +0000 http://www.senia.com/?p=41#comment-3960 [...] there are GOOD constraints which are forever constraints, which is very useful in certain cases (no alcohol for an alcoholic, no processed sugar for someone with particular health issues).  In fact, William James who argued for “no exception” to the new habit and Samuel Johnson who said, “Abstinence is as easy to me as temperance would be difficult” both agree that those constraints which are firm and permanent are better.  That is for you to decide.  [...] [...] there are GOOD constraints which are forever constraints, which is very useful in certain cases (no alcohol for an alcoholic, no processed sugar for someone with particular health issues).  In fact, William James who argued for “no exception” to the new habit and Samuel Johnson who said, “Abstinence is as easy to me as temperance would be difficult” both agree that those constraints which are firm and permanent are better.  That is for you to decide.  [...]

]]> http://www.senia.com/2006/07/02/james-and-james-snap-habit-training/comment-page-1/#comment-1500 Matthew Cornell Mon, 16 Oct 2006 23:08:13 +0000 http://www.senia.com/?p=41#comment-1500 Great post - thanks so much! Great post – thanks so much!

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]]> http://www.senia.com/2006/07/02/james-and-james-snap-habit-training/comment-page-1/#comment-325 English Education Professor » Blog Archive » 4 Steps to Creating a Positive Habit Tue, 04 Jul 2006 03:27:50 +0000 http://www.senia.com/?p=41#comment-325 [...] senia.com 1) S: Start Strong - Launch the new habit decisively. 2) N: No exceptions - Never make an exception to the new habit. 3) A: Act when promted - Act “on every emotional prompting,” i.e. whenever you want to act on the new habit, be sure to do so! 4) P: Practice! - Do it every day. Exercise the new habit every day. [...] [...] senia.com 1) S: Start Strong – Launch the new habit decisively. 2) N: No exceptions – Never make an exception to the new habit. 3) A: Act when promted – Act “on every emotional prompting,” i.e. whenever you want to act on the new habit, be sure to do so! 4) P: Practice! – Do it every day. Exercise the new habit every day. [...]

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