The article raises the question of why it is so hard to change habits, even when we have sufficient information about what needs to be done, such as eating better, exercising, sleeping well, and managing stress. The central issue is that there is an abyss between knowing what to do and actually putting it into practice.
The article questions the common explanation that those who abandon a habit change simply did not have enough discipline, willpower, or focus. According to the text, this explanation ignores important conditions of the context in which the person is trying to change.
Researcher Viviane Canziani Pagani is presented as an expert in behavior change and healthy lifestyle management. She is the founder of the Miami Institute of Knowledge, in the United States.
Canziani Pagani developed the Blind Spot Theory, an approach that seeks to explain why a change may work at a certain stage of life but fail in another.
