Bad Habits Video
In this ‘Bad Habits’ video, Mark Tyrrell of Uncommon Knowledge discusses how humans are habitual beings, and why this is useful in helping us to learn effectively. He goes on to show how bad habits can develop by ‘piggybacking’ on this useful natural process. Mark talks about how emotions drive habits and how that knowledge illustrates how bad habits are best approached therapeutically - by looking at what emotion the habit is attached to. He discusses how the first step to addressing any habit is to identify it in yourself and see how it is working. And then to see if it is meeting any emotional need for you, and how you might otherwise meet that need more healthily, giving a case example of a man who couldn’t stop throat clearing.
