Mariana Krakovsky The Secret Of Progress Summary
“The Secrets of Self Improvement” is an article, written by Mariana Krakovsky which suggests the improvement of habits are possible by changing mindset and using simple techniques. According to the author, internally oriented people are more likely to succeed in comparison to externally motivated people as internally motivated ones have easier time finding ‘what’ and ‘when’ they are going to do something and can make their own decision to stay focused on their path. Krakovsky believes that breaking a long term habit is not easy as it sounds but it is possible if followed techniques discovered after decades of research done by scientists and psychologists. She says, people lacking confidence to do something should start with baby steps and work on making steps bigger gradually as time goes by and keeping on mind, that change is not possible in a single day or night. She has mentioned a lot of ways that can be followed to improve habits but also stated that it all depends on individual’s willpower and ability to choose the option that is beneficial for him before an occasion. Despite of having so many techniques listed on this article, she still accepts the fact that
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I agree to most of things she said in the article because most of them are either, backed up by an example or, presented from peoples who have the lot of knowledge and experience in human behavior related subjects. First habit that I am working to avoid is procrastination because it has the negative affect on my learning abilities as well as becoming a creative student. Working on last day with sweaty hand and heavy head does not bring me a good result most of times as I do not get enough time to be think as well as chance to collect peer feedback. Krakovsky suggestion of planning and making a suitable decision ahead of occasion will definitely help me to avoid
I agree to most of things she said in the article because most of them are either, backed up by an example or, presented from peoples who have the lot of knowledge and experience in human behavior related subjects. First habit that I am working to avoid is procrastination because it has the negative affect on my learning abilities as well as becoming a creative student. Working on last day with sweaty hand and heavy head does not bring me a good result most of times as I do not get enough time to be think as well as chance to collect peer feedback. Krakovsky suggestion of planning and making a suitable decision ahead of occasion will definitely help me to avoid