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Compared to nature… pleasure-packed experiences are hard to resist. We have the brains of our ancestors but temptations they never had to face.

…scholars say women taking time for themselves, deliberately choosing leisure without children or family, is nothing less than a courageous – subversive, almost – act of resistance.

With even a little complacency, people don’t believe anything much new is needed and begin to resist change.

Research shows that when people are resistant to change, it helps to reinforce what will stay the same.

When people ignore advice, it isn’t always because they disagree with it. Sometimes they’re resisting the sense of pressure and the feeling that someone else is controlling their decision.

…even if blaming is justified, it is usually counterproductive. Under attack, the other side will become defensive and will resist what you have to say.

A lot of time in negotiation is spent criticizing. Rather than resisting the other side’s criticism, invite it. Instead of asking them to accept or reject an idea, ask them what’s wrong with it.

…the status quo is the path you’re already on or the way you’ve always done things. The bias is that we have a preference to stick with those decisions, methods, and paths that we’ve already set upon, and a resistance to veering from them into something new or different.

Resist the temptation to do what’s easy… Communicating strategic change in an interactive fashion is not easy. But it is absolutely necessary.

Put simply, there is no longer any hiding place. The bracing wind of transparency has blown through corporate corridors in a way that defies resistance.