3 Thrifty Ways to Thrive in Life

In your mind you come up with plans to better yourself and thrive in life, meaning you have to break some bad habits at times. You think of how to do that, but you may come up short, so here are three thrifty ways on how not to:

1. Motivate Yourself

Find rewards that will help motivate you. Give yourself a break and a little bit of positive reinforcement every once in awhile. Think about which of these rewards will help you maintain your behavior. Find a balance between spoiling yourself and holding out on yourself or it won’t have the effects that you desire.

2. Responding to Consequences

Through operant conditioning, people and animals change their behavior through rewards and punishments. Whether it be receiving a prize if you got an A on a test or being threatened by your parents if you don’t get good grades, both will result in you studying more.

3. Rewards

As it turns out, rewards have a huge impact on the human brain and as such, when you’re rewarded you are more apt to repeat that behavior. So you should reward yourself early with something small, rather than something grand when you are trying to break a habit.