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When you put things off once, it's easier to put them off again, until the habit is so firmly ingrained that it cannot be easily broken.

This could go on indefinitely, unless you think it's such an ingrained habit that you won't need to review it anymore.

The need for praise is such an ingrained part of my personality that I doubt I'd be able to change completely, but I can do better.

EXCEPT for his hands and a circle of his face, his body was grey all over with ancient, ingrained dirt.

"Shoes were a measure of class, " saysFisher, "and we still have a bit of that mind-set ingrained in us. "

Ingrained in the minds of many, it remains one of the top sights to see when visiting Beijing.

But Friedman's ingrained belief in the power of reason and persuasion always got the better of any such theoretical misgivings.

All good-girl Catherine needed to do was take a chance and break out of her ingrained (but outdated) patterns concerning dating stereotypes.

Silo Analysis must be ingrained in the mind of every business analyst, architect, developer and governance professional.

One of the basic fundamentals of unarmed body combat which must be firmly ingrained in a pupil from the very start is body balance.

Suddenly, it feels like the early days of personal computing, albeit computers are now deeply ingrained in nearly every aspect of life.

They seemed ingrained with blood from the thousands of acts of butchery that are part of rural life in a land of enthusiastic meat-eaters.

Zobel says her initial fear about telling people came down to a deeply ingrained insecurity as a woman entrepreneur.

But with the worst news on the economy yet to come, Mr Bernanke can only keep his fingers crossed that inflation does not become ingrained .

But their sense of entitlement is an ingrained trait that will likely resurface in a stronger job market.

Mental models are deeply ingrained and are often the result of a lifetime of experience.

The idea of having the perfect moment is so ingrained into our thoughts that women are willing to put this on their to-do list.

But Japan's problems are so ingrained that the DPJ has so far been unable to do much.

The idea of having concrete, achievable goals seem to be deeply ingrained in our culture.

Second, it is so against your ingrained habits of the mind that the mind wants to ignore it rather than take note of it.

Dyeing hair is an ingrained part of American pop culture and a trend increasingly visible on Chinese streets.

But if your deeply ingrained paradigm is object orientation, alternatives are sometimes hard to see.

After a few years, finger-pointing and throw-it-over-the-wall processes become ingrained habits.

Their story quickly spread, and before long the term "Donner Party" became synonymous with one of humanity's most ingrained taboos.

A deeply ingrained sense of filial responsibility kept several countries from instituting pension systems until the late 1990s.

What ingrained habits are linked to a designer's ability to turn original ideas into innovations?

One of the most powerful tools to use against this ingrained negativity is to reprogram our thought patterns.

deep-rooted prejudice; deep-seated differences of opinion; implanted convictions; ingrained habits of a lifetime; a deeply planted need.

I knew Africa was changing, but making the continent's case in print was not the same as banishing the ingrained doubt from my mind.

Trauma or repeated exposure to uncontrolled stressors can produce an ingrained sense of helplessness.

Norms: are culturally ingrained principles of correct and incorrect behaviors which, if broken, carry a form of overt or covert penalty.

Obviously, in that case, your fear is deeply ingrained and your mind will probably never be able to move past it, period.

In Britain and America sophisticated finance is ingrained enough to survive tighter regulation.

Both responses reflect the deeply ingrained prejudice of many Chinese against the humanities - and are grossly erroneous.

Those who see the problem chiefly as a result of ingrained poverty, disadvantage and discrimination take a different stance.

But how can one be free of the heavy conditioning as a Catholic? It is so deeply ingrained in us, deeply buried in the unconscious.

The German case is symbolic of the deeply ingrained corruption in that country's corporate sector.

Understand that fear is a component of stress, the complex fight-or-flight response ingrained in us since the cave days.

After several releases and multiple sprint planning sessions, this "small task" thinking had become ingrained on the entire team.

If did not have yesterday that deeply ingrained love, He Huan today this painful sorrow of parting.

Create affirmations from these that they become ingrained as a way of thinking and being.

When it comes to ingrained limiting beliefs, patterns, or habits, these can be a bit harder to change.

Those three short words are ingrained in Anfield culture and provide a reminder of what Liverpool teams are expected to do.

No one ever expected me to be here, so that feeling of being an underdog is ingrained in me.

So why are these traditions so ingrained in Easter Sunday? And what do they have to do with the resurrection of Jesus? Well, nothing.

Actually, not weird at all when you consider the ingrained culture of secrecy and mystification that shrouds the art world in general.

But experts suggested the findings may be of limited use as an individual's approach to life was often ingrained.

Letting go of perfectionism, so ingrained in the nature of a ballet dancer, can be the most difficult thing.

Self-censorship has become ingrained, and overcoming that will take a while.

Like the markings on wood which are ingrained in the very heart of the tree, character requires time and nurture for growth and development.

Yet the ancient standard of being a "traditional virtuous woman" is still ingrained in many men's minds.

Using Google to search for everything is so ingrained into our computer-user personas, it's hard to imagine using anything else.

Or you could see it as evidence that people (including journalists) have an ingrained tendency to assume that past trends will continue.

Miss just a ceremonial, the real memory deeply ingrained.

Man is removing himself from the shackles of his overlords, but his ingrained habits are difficult to erase overnight.

But it barely seemed to grasp, let alone fix, the ingrained cultural and behavioural problems that help to keep some poor places poor.

An ingrained underclass, Roma are the victims of prejudice, often violent, at home in eastern Europe.

Trouble is, some differences between the two countries are culturally ingrained.

Intense wariness is now deeply ingrained in the diplomats now dealing with the regime.

The perception that China is a superpower is now deeply ingrained in US popular culture.

But habits ingrained by tradition can be hard to break.

Understanding how unhealthy behaviors become ingrained has scientists learning some tricks that may help good habits replace the bad.

Hair dyes arose repeatedly over time in different locations in response to an ingrained and trans-cultural set of human desires.

But some critics say graft is too deeply ingrained in the system and can't be solved with regulations.

The tale has been so ingrained into our consciousness that not everyone realizes it is one of Aesop's fables.

Although that nurse eventually returned to care for me, her initial reaction remains ingrained in my memory.

But tackling the policy implications is dependent on challenging these deeply ingrained cultural attitudes.

If you're going to make this a habit, do a 30-day Challenge, and by the end of the challenge your habit should be pretty well ingrained.

I disagree with that sentiment, based on hearing someone who has a different but clear vision clarify ingrained assumptions.

Ingrained prejudice; the ingrained habits of a lifetime.

Chinese people must not tolerate these habits as ingrained quirks of their culture.

UK study in the European Journal of Social Psychology suggests it takes 66 days for a "healthy" pledge to become an ingrained habit.

Ingrained in the culture of world's leading financial institutions is the relentless effort to identify and recruit talented new blood.

But releasing these ingrained "have tos, " also called your "personal religion, " is not easy.

But feistiness is ingrained in News Corporation: it will not disappear if the chairman-boss becomes a mere chairman.

China's culturally ingrained preference for sons plus sex-selective abortions have created a widening gender imbalance.

Thus the psychiatric practice around the world is ingrained in the above, and differs greatly from one country to another.

The general story line, ingrained in every Chinese student, is that China was humiliated by Western powers.

Tetris is so ingrained in popular culture that its inspired everything from clothing.

The Greek political landscape is ingrained with vested interests, endemic kleptocracy and bribery.

These common myths are symptoms of deeply ingrained attitudes and behaviors in organizational cultures.

The habit of picking a quarrel with his neighbors became ingrained in him.

It was ingrained in me from a young age. I partially learned it from my grandparents.

"When women see red it triggers something deep and probably biologically ingrained, " explains Elliot.

First and foremost , road safety consciousness is generally not firmly ingrained in Singaporeans.

Some problems are too ingrained, too habitual, and too big to solve on your own.

Second, deeply ingrained in the patterns of technology evolution is the substitution of cleverness for energy.

One thing is clear: dyeing hair is a trans-culturally ingrained phenomenon that will long outlast my next dye job.

This fear of overreaching government is deeply ingrained in the American psyche.

They have become so deeply ingrained in the minds of many comrades that today we still have a very strenuous job of remoulding to do.

His importance as son of Sir Geoffrey, and child of Wragby, was so ingrained in him, he could never escape it.

These abilities, which in my opinion are critical in interpersonal relationships, will become ingrained in us as second nature.

However, question also then by its mystically with a Austria second ingrained India in mind.

There are unconsciously ingrained self-limitations. And there are consciously chosen self-limitations.

This swearing in ceremony has a special meaning for all of us because volunteerism is really ingrained in American culture and society.

The religion itself is far more deeply ingrained than having to rely on just one figurehead for support and direction.

While Playboy is ingrained in American pop culture and synonymous with sex appeal, in China it has a different image - as a fashion line.

However, the culture that baby sits economic excellence is deeply ingrained and so are the mindsets of many parents.

They aren't enough to change behavior or attitudes, thus allowing inflation to become ingrained.

And while hymen repair may be a quick fix, it can't reconcile centuries of ingrained tradition with the attitudes of modern society.

Black dirt or soot, especially such dirt clinging to or ingrained in a surface.

It might take a while to change the conversation habits that's been ingrained throughout your life, but it is very possible.

Its first observation is a bleak one. This is that racism, or at least xenophobia , is a deeply ingrained human characteristic.

Whales and dolphins became ingrained in Japanese food, culture, and religion.

Instead, these crises disrupt deeply ingrained ways of thinking and behaving.

Though the Taliban were driven from power, Yacoobi thinks the gender inequality ingrained in Afghan culture still threatens the country.

But quality ingrained in every task performed is a goal that will serve any team well.

Today an older and ingrained sense of what we should do may conflict with a new one.

After about a month, that routine is ingrained as a habit.

For one thing, there is a lot of petty corruption that is an ingrained part of business, especially among the state-run companies.

This is one of its ingrained marketing tricks.

These manifest the inn operator's keen business sense, and the ingrained rank idea in Chinese society.

Then be as consistent as possible from then on out, until the habit is ingrained.

Sometimes the most random everyday encounters force us to stop and rethink the truths and perceptions we have ingrained in our minds.

But it was a weekend job that progressed to full time and it ingrained a pretty good work ethic in me from an early age.

The nostalgia for the status of Britain's imperial past is deeply ingrained.

Algorithms have become so ingrained in ourfinancial system that the markets could not operate without them.

There's an idea ingrained in many cultures that hard work is a good thing in itself.

Of course, many hang ups and reputations are so deeply ingrained they are nearly impossible to reverse; we can only remedy them bit by bit.

Simply repeat key phrases or expressions over and over again until they become ingrained in your brain.

Even though the paths never become as ingrained and worn as your original paths they are still distinct and worn.

My dad's words about being an honest person have been deeply ingrained in my mind.

Another important reason is these people have an ingrained superiority complex in them.

Our evolutionary history has ingrained many once-desirable traits in our "wetware. "

It is absurd and revolting but so ingrained that no effort is sufficient entirely to destroy it.

The acceptance of authority is ingrained in us, and from this acceptance of authority flows action.

But their Christian virtue of Faith, Love and Hope are deeply ingrained in me and I thank God for them.

After all the necessary habits are ingrained, your goal is on autopilot.

Then how did the exercise-to-lose-weight mantra become so ingrained?

Values are not fleeting. Rather, they are ingrained and sacrosanct.

A tradition of strategic mistrust of China is deeply ingrained.

Attitudes that are deeply ingrained in the English consciousness.

The perfect romantic moment has been ingrained in our subconscious throughout our lives.

I grew up Mennonite and so that work ethic and timeliness was just ingrained in me from a very young age.

Make the first 30 days a concentrated goal, when you really try to make the behavior an ingrained habit.

According to Matt Stone, senior editor at Motor Trend magazine, many Americans have an ingrained resistance to Buick.

However, it is deeply ingrained in your society, in both physical and mental health care.

From computers to cell phones to stereos, technology is ingrained in our lives.

He says that music is ingrained in our auditory, cognitive and motor functions.

a carpet disfigured by ingrained dirt.

The holier than thou attitude which they adopt towards anyone who doesn't have children is too deeply ingrained.

But getting people to change ingrained habits, Centola found, requires the extra reinforcement that comes from those redundancies.

And today, freedom of speech is a notion which is deeply ingrained upon people's mind.

The Disney brand is also not as deeply ingrained in China as in other parts of the world.

We need to use God's Word to expose the lies we've ingrained about sex.

Once the stuttering habit is ingrained, it will take a lot of work to eliminate it.

Besides, there is a well ingrained common feeling here that the Chinese are, well inferior.

The trouble is that the downbeat narrative is deeply ingrained.

Many people carry around deeply ingrained beliefs anchored to undesirable events from the past.

A lot has been done to change a very ingrained image of Hyundai in a very short time.

The ideal, ingrained in us early, persists even when we can , quite literally, no longer "stand on our own two feet. "

Knowing women he can emulate helps erase culturally ingrained gender stereotypes.

As in many countries the mentality of graft is deeply ingrained in China.

Mr Clegg's overall argument is that Labour's ingrained statism has failed.

At home, television and the sedentary lifestyle are fairly ingrained, but there are some counter measures.

I then review these points regularly until I have them ingrained in my mind.

Focus on one thing at a time in order to really get it ingrained as a habit.

I have tried my best to cure myself of this habit but it's too deeply ingrained.

It will be ingrained in your memory.

Whether baked or fried, Buffalo wings have not only become ingrained in America's national food culture.

The instinct to play the two giants off against each other is deeply ingrained.

'Only in China. It's so deeply ingrained in the culture. '

But if this person's habits are too deeply ingrained to change, you must let him or her go.

There are some who are so ingrained in the system that they will fight to protect it.

Since then, Jones' voice has become ingrained not only in the U. S. 's collective cinematic memory but also in America's daily home lives.

We have a mentality of getting what we want and when we want it that has been ingrained in us since childhood.

If there were ever a word that basically means the opposite of love, it is it is something that is ingrained into every person from birth.

The belief that one should work hard is ingrained in our culture.

Habit applies to a way of acting so ingrained in an individual that it is done without conscious thought

A system that had been ingrained for generations could not be easily undone by change from the top(Doris Kearns Goodwin)

Persisting in an ingrained habit; habitual

However she also likes millennium, on the one hand is ingrained, luxuriant growth of leaves and branches;

So much anger so deeply ingrained

Corruption and selfishness are so ingrained in you

The destruction then becomes ingrained and over time continues even if in cycles ahead there is enough;

be deeply ingrained in the mind

Over-emotionality (most difficult to change because it is ingrained early in life)