An article from Rotinbaras.com persuaded me to believe that habits can form at any moment and influence us for long periods of time. According to the article, parents have the ability in develop habits in their children. The younger children are when they develop habits, the stronger and more natural these habits are to them. Because children are susceptible to forming habits at a young age, it’s also difficult for them to break these habits later on.
Another article from the Academy of Management states that three behaviors (information collection and transfer, task prioritization, and task distribution) are pivotal in groups’ adaptation to non-routine events. The results of a study in which airline crews engaged in a high-workload flight simulation indicated that although the frequency of two of the three behaviors were not significantly associated with the crews’ performance, the timing of key adaptive behaviors was associated. Only the frequency of information collecting activities had a positive association with performance. And the amount of time taken to engage in adaptive responses after non-routine events had a negative association with it.
So what do these articles have in common? Both articles discuss habits. Although the second article discusses more of the adaptive behavior of a flight crew, their habits of time management and prioritization before flights benefitted them in the end. I believe that timing habits are very influential in everyone’s lives and once someone can take control of these habits, they will succeed.
"How to Change Habits: Habit Types and How They Form | Family Matters." Family Matters. N.p., 06 Aug. 2012. Web. 30 Oct. 2015.
Waller, Mary J. "The Timing of Adaptive Group Responses to Nonroutine Events." The Timing of Adaptive Group Responses to Nonroutine Events. N.p., 1 Apr. 1999. Web. 30 Oct. 2015.
Peter Jones
Another article from the Academy of Management states that three behaviors (information collection and transfer, task prioritization, and task distribution) are pivotal in groups’ adaptation to non-routine events. The results of a study in which airline crews engaged in a high-workload flight simulation indicated that although the frequency of two of the three behaviors were not significantly associated with the crews’ performance, the timing of key adaptive behaviors was associated. Only the frequency of information collecting activities had a positive association with performance. And the amount of time taken to engage in adaptive responses after non-routine events had a negative association with it.
So what do these articles have in common? Both articles discuss habits. Although the second article discusses more of the adaptive behavior of a flight crew, their habits of time management and prioritization before flights benefitted them in the end. I believe that timing habits are very influential in everyone’s lives and once someone can take control of these habits, they will succeed.
"How to Change Habits: Habit Types and How They Form | Family Matters." Family Matters. N.p., 06 Aug. 2012. Web. 30 Oct. 2015.
Waller, Mary J. "The Timing of Adaptive Group Responses to Nonroutine Events." The Timing of Adaptive Group Responses to Nonroutine Events. N.p., 1 Apr. 1999. Web. 30 Oct. 2015.
Peter Jones