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It is odd that, despite their current widespread use and looming future importance, most of us know very little about our automatic behavior patterns.
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…when uncertainty reigns, we are most likely to accept the actions of others – because those actions reduce our uncertainty about what is correct behavior there.
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143 |
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Once a stand is taken, there is a natural tendency to behave in ways that are stubbornly aligned with the stand.
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Observers trying to decide what people are like look closely at their actions. People also use this evidence – their own behavior – to decide what they are like…
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It appears the commitments most effective in changing self-image and future behavior are those that are active, public, and effortful.
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…we accept inner responsibility for a behavior when we think we have chosen to perform it in the absence of strong outside pressure.
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336 |
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The thing most likely to guide a person’s behavioral decisions isn’t the most potent or instructive aspects of the whole situation; instead, it’s the one that is most prominent in consciousness at the time of decision.
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375 |
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A habit is a routine behavior that is performed regularly – and, in many cases, automatically.
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Behavior that is incongruent with the self will not last.
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It’s hard to change your habits if you never change the underlying beliefs that led to your past behavior.
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