Proven Ways To Kick Those Bad Habits To The Curb

Don’t Instead Of Can’t

Often when someone is trying to change their habits, they will tell others that they can’t do something. Specifically, if someone is trying to avoid fast food, they will often say “I can’t eat fast food.” Unfortunately, this is the wrong approach when it comes to breaking bad habits. A research study from the Journal of Consumer Research indicated when presented with both a chocolate bar and a healthy granola bar, sixty-one percent of those who said “I can’t” would eat the chocolate bar, whereas only thirty-six percent of those who said “I don’t” would eat the chocolate bar.

Similar research showed only one out of ten participants were able to maintain their goal of breaking the habit after ten days when saying “I can’t,” whereas eight out of ten saying “I don’t” were able to maintain their goal after the same amount of time. So if you are trying to quit smoking, try saying “I don’t smoke” instead of “I can’t smoke.” Shift your thinking with any habit this way and watch it disappear before your very eyes!