The Importance of Habits

A habit is a routine or behavior that is performed regularly, and, in many cases, automatically. As each semester passed, I accumulated small but consistent habits that ultimately led to results that were unimaginable to me when I started. For example, for the first time in my life, I needed a habit to lift weights multiple times per week. Six years after he had been hit in the face with a baseball bat, flown to the hospital, and placed into a coma, He was selected as the top male athlete at Denison University and named to the ESPN Academic All-America team.