Probably most if not all of us have encouraged somebody else to break a bad habit.
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This rule is that a bad habit, or a bad reflex, cannot be undone all at once.
How, then, can we fulfill our sometimes-unpleasant New Year's resolutions, such as losing weight or kicking a bad habit?
And they have a bad habit of approving giveaways to public employee unions.
"It's a bad habit, " Ms. Feldman, 45, joked of the couple's book collecting.
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If a company has a bad habit of paying out dividends that exceed earnings, you will see it in this chart.
But the inclination to subsidize inputs (in particular, fertilizer) could prove to be a bad habit that is very tough to break.
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Second, as we noted above, Palm users sometimes have a bad habit of leaving their handhelds in places where they're out of reach.
The same holds true when it comes to behavior - by trying not to engage in a bad habit, our habits get strengthened rather than broken.
From a risk management standpoint, giving up over a 10% gain is a bad habit to develop if you want to make money over the long haul.
When he asked why, he discovered that he had a bad habit of which he was not consciously aware of making fun of people for making mistakes.
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Similarly, he adds, children who eat dinner at the table with their family aren't eating in front of the TV, a bad habit that often leads to less mindful eating and doesn't teach children how to regulate their food intake.
But psychiatry as a field has been skeptical of the idea of people being addicted to behaviors, because there is not proof that a bad habit is the same kind of biological issue as a dependence on alcohol, nicotine, or heroin.
Consistent with this, there is a case for restrictions on the way in which cigarettes are advertised and sold: because cigarettes are addictive and dangerous, children are at risk of being hooked by a bad habit before they are old enough to make a reasoned calculation of the odds.
Call it a crazy bad habit, I watch the financial news channels a fair amount.
We have a chance to not only shine a light on a bad Washington habit that wastes billions of taxpayer dollars, but take a step towards restoring public trust.
Mr McFarlane, from Stonehouse, said Mr Kane had a bad drug habit and bought more than any of his other customers.
And if you have such a bad cutting habit just for coffee, what other cutting are you doing in the rest of your life?
In typical German fashion, Mr Klinsmann is not being criticised for being a bad coach, but rather for insisting on living in California and simply jetting in for matches, a habit that some say is weakening his team.
But the first step is to be aware of the bad habit and to acknowledge that you have a problem!
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