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  Where one even produces similar and connected events to start
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  Mac's first heart attack occurs after smoking cigarettes since he was 16 year old
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  Mac has double bypass surgery around 2 years after his first heart attack but does not change his lifestyle
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  Solutions with immediate strong benefits
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  Mac has second heart attack and triple bypass surgery. He decides to change his lifestyle to not have to go through this again.
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  We ask ourselves if we missed some long term gains because of how our brains operate
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  Establishing patterns of behavior help us automatically do something without thinking about it.
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  Mac and his wife always buy groceries low in fat and cholesterol without thinking about it. It is just their normal routine.
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  Mac, my grandfather, wasn't able to escape the long term damage to his heart, but he did have many more years than expected by changing his diet and quitting smoking.