I read two articles one by two doctors and the other by medical students at Harvard. The Dr.Oz and Roizen article was all mainly focused on your appearance, skin, posture, and weight. This is not surprising since the website is named “youbeauty”. The authors of the article use ethos throughout the article, they do not cite any sources. The Harvard article is all about specific details of sleep and the body. Obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and the common cold are the focus points of the article. The article focuses on the negatives of sleep deprivation and then mentions the benefits the body receives from sleep.
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Dave smith discusses how taking risks can have good or bad outcomes in his article, Killer Habits. Sometimes taking a risk is what can help you achieve your goals. When I think of this idea, the quote “you miss 100% of the shots you don’t take” comes to mind. This thought is relevant for every choice that a person makes on a daily basis. It is important to balance the choices that we make though. You don’t want to take every shot that comes your way, because there is the idea that not every shot goes in. In economics, higher risk means higher reward, but is that really the case in decision making? In some cases, yes, but in other situations the outcome of a high-risk decision can be earth shattering in nature. Stephen R. Covey also discusses this to an extent. In his book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, the first habit is “be proactive,” the second is “begin with the end in mind.” Each of these habits all relate back to the idea of taking risks. People want to do what is best for themselves, which is achievable by taking risks. Thinking about possible outcomes of every situation that presents itself is more important than taking incredible risks. Since certain risks can possibly change your life for the better or worse, it is important to only take shots that you can make.
Covey discusses a habit called “sharpen the saw.” He describes how maintaining balance through routine can help physical, social/emotional, mental, and spiritual aspects of one’s life. Some examples are eating well, sleeping enough, making social connections, and spending time with mother nature. Technically these are all good habits. Dave Smith says “good habits are actually punished by stress and fatigue.” A paragraph later he states that “punishment is a behavior extinguisher; it eliminates behavior altogether regardless of whether it is good or bad.” So essentially the human body gets so stressed, and fatigued that our good and bad behaviors can fly out the window so-to-speak. Our body punishes us for the amount of overexerting we do on a daily basis. That is why the sharpen the saw idea is so relevant. This further demonstrates why it is important to keep a balance, and have a routine that helps manage stress and fatigue. The article by Smith, and book by Covey both discuss habits. Covey analyzes what habits of effective people look like. Smith initially details more of a “run and gun” kind of person that gets a thrill from taking crazy risks. He goes into the definition of a habit and so forth. One thing Smith says is “Bad habits develop in the midst of our high risk activities in spite of the fact that we think this is something that just shouldn’t happen.” I think that the point Smith tries to make does not provide any solid evidence. I can not think of a good example of what he is trying to say, which is why I think it is Smith’s weakest argument in the full text of the article. Although both pieces of literature examined are quite different in nature, they mingle together quite naturally. Many new ideas came to mind when writing this synthesis. Covey, Stephen R. The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People: Restoring the Character Ethic. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1989. Print. Smith, Dave. "Killer Habits." Officer.com (2013)ProQuest. Web. 29 Oct. 2015.
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