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Everyone who’s obese wants to go to the gym daily. Many of those who smoke want to quit. Many want to write daily. These are a vast variety of habits that we can’t control. Yet, when it comes to making these actions into habits. Not many see some success.</p><p id="78c2" class="pw-post-body-paragraph oe of ic og b iw oh oi oj iz ok ol om on oo op oq or os ot ou ov ow ox oy oz gn bk">Why is this happening? We’re doing something wrong. The faster we realise that the faster we can change. So, here’s the million-dollar question: What are we doing wrong? That’s what we discuss in these few articles.</p><h2 id="bebe" class="pa pb ic bf pc pd pe dy pf pg ph ea pi on pj pk pl or pm pn po ov pp pq pr ps bk">Why is the response important?</h2><p id="b4f2" class="pw-post-body-paragraph oe of ic og b iw pt oi oj iz pu ol om on pv op oq or pw ot ou ov px ox oy oz gn bk">The answer is multi-faceted. But let’s go through what we know till now. We know that there are four stages in a habit. 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