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Pain now for a payoff later.
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Failing is often the best way to learn, and because of that, early failure is a kind of necessary investment.
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In times of change, we need to remind ourselves and others… of certain basic truths: Our brains and our abilities are like muscles. They can be strengthened with practice.
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…people have a systematic tendency to ignore the situational forces that shape other people’s behavior.
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Tweaking the environment is about making the right behavior a little bit easier and the wrong behaviors a little bit harder. It’s that simple.
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…executives – and parents – often have more tools than they think they have. If you change the path, you’ll change the behavior.
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Many people have discovered that, when it comes time to changing their own behavior, environmental tweaks beat self-control every time.
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Self-manipulation works.
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…one of the subtle ways in which our environment acts on us is by reinforcing (or deterring) our habits.
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…action triggers can have a profound power to motivate people to do the things they know they need to do.
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