Backing-Out of Workplace Commitments

Melody Wilding suggests how to shed unworkable workplace commitments .

-DD

Stupid Behavior

Sacha Golob notes that stupid behavior often has cultural roots, due to the assumptions of their society.

The video suggests several techniques for convincing people without necessarily based on logic:

1. Reciprocity
2. Scarcity
3. Authority
4. Consistency
5. Likability (People who are similar, affirming, and cooperative)
6. Concensus (Tendancy to mirror what the majority does).

-DD

Rituals and Commitment

Dina Gerdeman suggest that following rituals establishs commitment both in personal life and in the business environment.

-DD

Inculcating Positive Habits

James Clear recommends that those seeking to develop a positive habit should:

1. "make a specific plan for when, where, and how you are going to implement it."
2. "focus entirely on one habit."
3. Practice! "it takes at least two months for new habits to become automatic behaviors."

-DD