Broadening Your Perspective
Identifying Habits that Hinder Thinking

This is an opportunity for me to take an account of my bad habits. The following habits are difficult to admit to myself, however once admitted it is easier to overcome them.

Mine-Is- Better Habit

On countless occasions throughout my childhood, I have demonstrated the “Mine- is- Better” habit. I grew up on U.S. Army bases as the daughter of a ranking officer. There was numerous times where I would pull “rank” on the other children. Such as, there was an instance when the neighborhood children and I were outside waiting for the ice cream truck to make its daily rounds throughout the base housing. When the truck arrived on that particular hot summer day, I decided, as well as informed the other children, that I was going to be served first.

In the military this was an enormous deal because it was an unspoken rule to cause confusion with the child (ren) of a ranking officer. I was demonstrating the superiority of my mother over the other children’s enlisted parent. In retrospect, it was a very ridiculous thing to do as we are all equal, especially as it relates to standing in line for ice cream. I allowed the ego of my mother’s position to hinder logical thinking.

Resistance to Change Habit

Another bad habit that I realize is the “Resistance to Change” habit. A couple of years ago, a friend of mine lost his job after having been with Front Point Security for over three years. He did not think that it would be at all that difficult to find a new job in the security field as he was becoming very particular concerning getting a new job. He was not willing to consider other opportunities that paid less than what he was making prior. This hindered him greatly as his bank account was diminishing rapidly. When he realized that he was not going to have enough money that month to pay