Habit

Video Broadcast on October 30, 2020

Routine

• Daily routine
  
• During pandemic
• Research / broadcast selected topics
• Word of the day (Merriam-Webster)
• Free Daily Blink (Blinkist)
• TED / TEDx talks
• English-Burmese and Burmese-English Dictionary (a few words)
• Stationary bike ride (30+ minutes)
• Protective Verses (Pali Seikkha : study of Pali terms and phrases)

Books / Talks

• Seven Habits of Effective People
• Eighth Habit
• The Power of Habit
• Small Changes
• Will Power

Intelligence / Energy

• Mental (Imagination / Vision)
• Physical (Discipline / Health)
• Emotional (Passion)
• Spiritual (Conscience, Dhamma)
• Inergy (Inner Energy)

Breaking a habit

• Requires will power
• Substitution of a habit with “same” rewards

• Factors
• Motivation
• Ability
• Trigger