April 11, 2003

Teaching the Mind Good Habits

By SAM WINEBURG

Smoking is a habit. Even the most hardened smoker had to take a first drag, sucking into the lungs a noxious cloud that scorched the unsuspecting alveoli and produced an uncontrollable cough. For many people, what began as a bizarre and exotic behavior becomes second nature, and they light cigarettes on rising in the morning, pouring a cup of coffee, relaxing at lunch, or unwinding after work.

Habits of mind aren't exactly the same, of course, but there are similarities. At some point

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