Remember the Pavlovian dog and mice? With the perfect mix of reward and punishment, they could be trained to associate a noise/a bell/ a lever with food, and thus would salivate even without food at a later stage.
Well, we human beings are different. We consider ourselves far far superior to animals, but our habits are never formed, bell or no bell. No lever can leverage our lethargy. Any number of "do good, feel good" sites would tell us to continue for one and twenty days. But most human 're-solves' are of the new year variety, alas!
Do not believe me? Try making the resolve of not forwarding a message without cross checking it. On this group that i am on, there was this message about Rani Bang slipping in to coma. Neither the internet nor the t.v. seemed to flag the news that is important indeed.
Here is wishing Dr. Rani Bang "get well soon"! For the Bang Couple, here is an earnest wish that the rumour is a lie. And here is wishing careless group admin the habit of first cross checking the fact(s)!
Pratima@ Habit is identity!
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