We're still not great at changing behavior. Although we're living through the most abundant and prolific era of personal development, we're not much better at it than before all this content exploded with the internet.
Go back further. After thousands of years of observing and writing about the dynamics of human behavior by some of the most brilliant minds to walk the earth, we still struggle with most of the same behavior traps that plagued our predecessors.
People change their behavior for different reasons. Some people change when the facts change and are unaffected by emotional appeals. Others are the opposite, needing emotional incentives while indifferent to rational reasons.
It would be wise for all of us to consider a potentially universal spark for change: our behavior affects more than just ourselves. Other people rely on our attitudes, actions, words, skills, and choices. They count on our intentionality, our discipline, and our discernment. When we are slow, or refuse, to change, we affect their lives in significant ways.
We are intimately familiar with the frustrating feeling of dealing with someone we rely on who refuses to change their behavior. Wisdom encourages us to see ourselves in that person and recognize that what we see in them exists in us too.
You may not be interested in changing your behavior for your sake, but it may be worth even more to the people who rely on you.
Answer the call. Do the work.
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