As a second follow up to my post The 15 Laws of
Habits...here’s another fun quiz on habits to test your knowledge and intuition.
Listed below are 20 habits and 20 people. See if you can match up the habits with one of the 20 people listed. After you finish doing so, think about the habits. Which habits are productivity habits, which habits are health habits, which habits are dress habits, which habits are really experiments, which habits are comfort habits, which habits are style habits, which habits are superstitious habits, which habits are stress-release habits, which habits are fussy habits, which habits are leisure time habits, which habits are neurotic habits, which habits are just eccentricities. Try and list your own habits in these different categories, as well as in any other categories you can think of. I used to have a habit of easily getting into a rage, which does not fall into any of the categories above, and which, I am happy to report I was able to conquer. My mother's death motivated me to change - as I report in this post. Also, you may want to think about the difference between addictions and habits. Is the difference simply that addictions are bad for you and hard to quit, whereas habits are good or harmless for you? Okay...on to the 20 people and their habits quiz. Ready? Here you go...
These Are
the Habits:
1. Habit of
drinking 40-50 cups a day
2.
Habit of taking cold air baths every morning (by stripping down and
opening the windows)
3.
Habit of wearing sweaters in Chennai
4.
Habit of rocking in a chair to relax
5.
Habit of eating homemade food even when he went to a restaurant
6.
Habit of carrying hand-sanitizer everywhere to avoid germs
7.
Habit of spending long airless stints underwater to come up with
inventions
8.
Habit of beginning work at 3:00 a.m. and ending at 11 p.m.
9.
Habit of avoiding adverbs
10. Habit of
making his interviewees drink soup. If they added salt before trying
the soup they were out, because it indicated they had too many assumptions
11. Habit of
running a comb through his hair 100 times a day
12. Habit of
carrying mustaches in a jewel studded case and offering them to his friends
13. Habit of not
eating food that does not have an ancient Greek or Hebrew name
14. Habit of
cracking safes
15. Habit of
working on a personal scrapbook for 66 years
16. Habit of
painting with a hangover
17. Habit of
always crossing the threshold of a plane with the right foot
18. Habit of
eating purple foods such as beets, eggplants and grapes 3 times a week
19. Habit of
wearing earplugs, earmuffs and a blindfold when he writes
20. Habit of
collecting taxidermied animal heads
These Are
The People You Have To Match With One Of The Habits Listed Above:
1. Francis Bacon
2.
Voltaire
3.
Richard Feynman
4.
Amanda Seyfried
5.
Donald Trump
6.
Stephen King
7.
Salvador Dali
8.
Charles Dickens
9.
Nikola Tesla
10. Minoo
11. Bill Gates
12. Hugh Hefner
13. Thomas Alva
Edison
14. Richard
Buckminister Fuller
15. Benjamin
Franklin
16. Jennifer
Aniston
17. Sir Dr.
NakaMats
18. Jonathan
Franzen
19. Nassim Talib
20. Mariah Carey
How Many Did You Get Right? Here Are
The Answers:
1. Habit of
drinking 40-50 cups a day - Voltaire
2.
Habit of taking cold air baths every morning (stripping down and
opening the windows - Benjamin Franklin
3.
Habit of wearing sweaters in Chennai - Minoo
4.
Habit of rocking in a chair to relax - Bill Gates
5.
Habit of eating homemade food even when he went to a restaurant - Hugh Hefner
6.
Habit of carrying hand sanitizer everywhere to avoid germs - Donald Trump
7.
Habit of spending long airless stints underwater to come up with
inventions - Sir Dr. NakaMats
8.
Habit of beginning work at 3:00 a.m. and ending at 11 p.m. - Nikola Tesla
9.
Habit of avoiding adverbs - Stephen King
10. Habit of
making interview candidates drink soup. If they added salt before
trying the soup, they were out, because it indicated they had too many
assumptions - Thomas Alva Edison
11. Habit of
running a comb through his hair 100 times a day - Charles Dickens
12. Habit of
carrying mustaches in a jewel studded case and offering them to his friends - Salvador Dali
13. Habit of not
eating food that does not have an ancient Greek or Hebrew name - Nassim Talib
14. Habit of
cracking safes - Richard Feynman
15. Habit of
scrapbooking for 66 years - Richard Buckminister Fuller
16. Habit of
painting with a hangover - Francis Bacon
17. Habit of
always crossing the threshold of a plane with the right foot - Jennifer
Aniston
18. Habit of
eating purple foods such as beets, eggplant s and grapes 3 times a week - Mariah Carey
19. Habit of
wearing earplugs, earmuffs and a blindfold when writing - Jonathan Franzen
20. Habit of
collecting taxidermied animal heads - Amanda Seyfried
Before You Go:
Hope you enjoyed this 3rd and last post on habits. I'll be interested to know what are some of the interesting habits of people you know. Meanwhile, thanks for
the feedback, (comments, likes, shares) on my recent posts. I appreciate the
kudos from old friends, new friends, and relatives who have become friends. You
keep me going.
ALSO,
thanks for sharing my journey to wisdom, meaning and a better life.
Like you, I am trying to find my way through this complex maze we call life,
and I am honored to have you share my journey, as I continue to seek the wisdom
hidden in plain sight.
FINALLY,
A Happy Birthday shout-out: to those with January birthdays. I
hope you will use your birthday month to examine your habits - and to decide which ones to keep and which ones to discard. Ideally, you should also select some brand new habits to introduce in your life - ones which you will be proud of when December 31, 2019 rolls around. You can use the inspiration from my post The 15 Laws of Habits to drum up some motivation.
To
all my readers, have a blessed “doing good for yourself while doing good for
others week”, and see you next week
