Good Habits

Habits make a man. Habits decide whether a man is going to be a winner or loser. Winners mostly have good habits. We find losers have several bad habits.

Most of us have some good habits and some bad habits. First of all we have to identify our good and bad habits. It is even better to write them down. Then think over it. We find that most of our habits are very old. We have been doing it from our childhood. Perhaps we imitated our parents or siblings or even friends.

Now we have to make an important decision. We have to cultivate good habits. Those habits should grow stronger and regular. Regarding bad habits, we should stop them all together. This is not an easy task. Ask any person who smokes. He knows that smoking is injurious to health. He also knows that he is losing his money as well. But he does not have the will power to stop this bad habit. Bad habits cannot be reduced slowly. You have to stop them immediately.

As for good habits you have to let them grow steadily. You cannot build a good habit in a short time. You need several months to nurture a good habit. Suppose you decide to exercise regularly. That is a good decision. But if you overdo it the first day, you would be too weak to do it the next day. So you have to increase your physical activity slowly.

Let us identify some good habits which we all need. One is punctuality. Another one is cleanliness. Honesty and hard work are also important. Regular eating habits, regular sleeping hours, extra reading, regular exercise are some very good habits. Let us hope, we will build up good habits during our school years. That way we would become good citizens and successful persons.