{"id":230,"date":"2017-01-30T22:47:01","date_gmt":"2017-01-30T22:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/?p=230"},"modified":"2017-01-30T22:47:01","modified_gmt":"2017-01-30T22:47:01","slug":"steps-you-can-take-to-break-bad-habits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/steps-you-can-take-to-break-bad-habits\/","title":{"rendered":"Steps You Can Take To Break Bad Habits"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Build<\/a>Looking at the list of bad habits commonly found in the workplace<\/a>, I\u2019m pretty determined that I\u2019d like to break myself of at least some of them. To be successful, the experts say to follow these steps.<\/p>\n

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  1. Find a partner<\/strong> who will work with you to help ditch these bad habits.
    \n2. Put a voice<\/strong> to your bad habit. Admitting your habit to someone makes you accountable. Sharing your habit with a friend will also make you more conscious of it when you fall back into the habit.
    \n3. Write it down<\/strong>. Whatever your bad habit, when you find yourself repeating it, write it down. Write down how you feel \u2013 what\u2019s going through your head. This action will also make you more aware of your bad habit before it happens.
    \n4. Think of a good response<\/strong> for the next time. If your bad habit is accepting too much stress, try a one-minute meditation. Or get up from you chair and take a 5-minute walk. Find something that can replace your bad habit.
    \n5. Reward yourself.<\/strong> Start small. How can you reward yourself when you\u2019ve avoided the habit? Then keep rewarding yourself and plan for a big reward when you finally feel like you\u2019ve ditched the habit for good.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Follow me on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a> and LinkedIn<\/a> this month. I\u2019ll provide more information on bad habits we should kick and how to succeed! Share your ideas with me!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Looking at the list of bad habits commonly found in the workplace, I\u2019m pretty determined that I\u2019d like to break myself of at least some of them. To be successful, the experts say to follow these steps. Find a partner who will work with you to help ditch these bad habits. 2. Put a voice […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,2,6,3,7,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":239,"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230\/revisions\/239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lmja.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}