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“All severity that does not tend to increase good, or prevent evil, is idle.“
– Samuel Johnson, as quoted in James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson
I often think about this remark by Samuel Johnson.
Because I’ve been so focused on habits over the past few years, during the writing of Better Than Before, people often talk to me about the habits they want to change.
And although I have so many strategies and ideas that I’ve identified to help people master their habits, to my surprise, I frequently find myself making the case against changing a habit.
I’ve noticed that people often say they want to change a habit because “I really should ___” or “this person in my life tells me I have to ___.”
And I always say, “Well, maybe you would be better off if you changed the habit — but maybe not. Do you care if you change that habit?” And often, they don’t really care.
Via David Hain
