If all religion is bad...

[tomspug]

Because you WANT to.

The law of attraction is a fallacy. Understanding your lack of control over life is the first step towards freedom.

 

[Quagmire]

The law of attraction is a fallacy. Understanding your lack of control over life is the first step towards freedom.

Excellent! Understanding your lack of control over yourself is the second step (just speaking from personal experience here).

 

[the-flatlander]

How do you form good habits? Through repetition. No matter what your "knowledge" is, you can not become a better person unless you put effort into it.

I agree.

Repetition is a major component of cognitive therapy as well.

Repetition can help one to develop, say, an attitude of compassion for others. A study employing monks revealed that repeated compassion-meditation not only helped them develop an attitude of compassion it changed their brain structure.

Where attitudes and the like are concerned, it seems it's one thing to “know”, and another to “incorporate.”