However, it is still a personal work habit or learned behavior that the employee has to take to heart.

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Our ability to resist an impulse determines our success in learning a new behavior or changing an old habit.

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His behavior reminded Aryeh Zelnik of his own habit, dating back to childhood, of opening every closed door and checking to see what lay hidden behind it.

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However, as market behavior in recent months has shown, sentiment has a habit of switching and sending prices plummeting as fast as any rally.

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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.

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