Practical Motivations

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Sow a thought, and you reap an act;/ Sow an act, and you reap a habit;/ Sow a habit, and you reap a character;/ Sow a character, and you reap a destiny. - Charles Reader

We all know what habits are, don’t we? We know that habits are the things that we do repeatedly and over time they are done unconsciously. Habits are on autopilot. We know that habits can be good or bad, depending on what sort of outcome they lead us to. It has a tremendous impact on our lives as without habits we’d have to learn things all over again. (Do I turn the doorknob clockwise or counter clockwise? Hmmm…) That is why we have to be very careful about what habits to pick up. Habits can make or break us.

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