UGC NET Reading Comp Q47

Question

Read the following passage carefully and answer questions
Let us look at what you can do to eliminate a destructive habit, whether it is obesity, habitually being late,
profanity, smoking, having a short temper or alcoholism. The first and foremost thing you must do is to
decide that you want to eliminate the habit. That is a decision you and only you can make. Without this
motivation on your part, no person or procedure will have any significant impact. If someone else "talks
you into it" the chances are strong you will perhaps start but the effort will be short lived. Remember, you
generally don't reach someone else's goal. Many times you end up further behind than you would have
been had you not attempted to quit a habit which you were not ready to give up. For example, weight lost
and regained. So first and most importantly, decide you no longer are going to be a slave to any
destructive habit. Decide you want to have control of your life. That you want to be free, that you want to
do things with your life instead of having things done to your life. It is tougher, much tougher to quit a
bad habit, but fortunately the results are fun and much more rewarding. Former smokers, alcoholics and
fat-folks unanimously — and in glowing terms — give us exhaustive details concerning the joy and
excitement of shedding those pounds, giving up the need, and getting of the bottle. The ex-smoker talks
about the exciting taste of the food-the clean smell of the air. clothes, furniture, among others. The talk
about the new found self-respect and satisfaction from whipping a habit that would have taken from two
to ten years of their lives, and a lot of living out of their lives.
The impact of someone else motivating a person to move away from a bad habit is:

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