http://domesticdownsizing.com/5-steps-to-beating-a-bad-habit Wed, 09 Apr 2014 15:24:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://domesticdownsizing.com/5-steps-to-beating-a-bad-habit#comment-81 Eric Sun, 14 Aug 2011 14:57:15 +0000 http://organiseme.wordpress.com/?p=712#comment-81 My mother used to say that breaking a bad habit consists basically of recording a new behavioral tape -- that the old tape always exists, which is why bad habits are easy to return to. That's why I think steps 2 and 4 are so critical. What I wonder is if we ought to use the behaviorism principle of intermittent positive reinforcement for step 3? My mother used to say that breaking a bad habit consists basically of recording a new behavioral tape — that the old tape always exists, which is why bad habits are easy to return to. That’s why I think steps 2 and 4 are so critical. What I wonder is if we ought to use the behaviorism principle of intermittent positive reinforcement for step 3?

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