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Bad Habits

Guest post by: John Patterson

Article Overview: There are ecologies that you and I connect with that enforce dignity and power, and those that enforce bad habits.

Bad Habits

I was talking last night with a group about different kinds of built ecologies; the marines, the mafia…groups where the code of conduct is strictly enforced to build efficiency.

There are ecologies that you and I connect with that enforce dignity and power, and those that enforce bad habits.

There are groups that reinforce a code of conduct you may not wish to adhere to.

What isn’t working for you? Your diet? Drinking? Finances?

Sometimes it is true that whenever something isn’t working, you are the common denominator.

Sometimes, the common denominator is the environment or ecology that gives the behavior – or opportunity available. The set of circumstances (environment) are not separate from you.

John Patterson

© 2009 Influence Ecology

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