“Goals are harmful unless they guide you to make specific behaviors easier to do. Don’t focus your motivation on doing Behavior X. Instead, focus on making Behavior X easier to do.” MotivationGoalFocusEasierBehaviorGuides Author:B. J. Fogg
“The truth is that we can overhaul our surroundings, renovate our environment, talk a new game, join a new club, far more easily than we can change the way we respond emotionally. It is easier to change behavior than feelings about that behavior.” WayFeelingsGamesChangeEnvironmentEasierTruth IsBehaviorClubsSurroundingsOur Environment Book:Turning Points Source: Turning Points
“It is easier to study the 'behavior' of rats than people, because rats are smaller and have fewer outside commitments. So modern psychology is mostly about rats” PeopleStudyPsychologyModernEasierBehaviorCommitmentFewerRatsModern Psychology Book:The decline and fall of science Source: The decline and fall of science
“Because cheating is easier when we can justify our behavior, people often cheat in small amounts: We can come up with an excuse for stealing Post-It notes, but it is much more difficult to come up with an excuse for taking $10,000 from petty cash.” PeopleDifficultAmountEasierBehaviorNotesCome UpExcuseStealingPostsJustifyCheatingCashCheatPettySmall AmountsPost It Notes Author:Dan Ariely
“Behavior must also be adequately assessed under appropriate circumstances. Ill-defined global measures of perceived self-efficacy or defective assessments of performance will yield discordances. Disparities will also arise when efficacy is judged for performances in actual situations but performance is measured in simulated situations that are easier to deal with than the actualities” SelfDealsSituationCircumstancesEasierBehaviorPerformancesIllAriseDefinedAppropriateYieldJudgedAssessmentActualityEfficacyDisparityDefectiveSelf EfficacyPerceived Self Author:Albert Bandura
“They're both about the correct or proper way to do something. There is a correct and proper way to use words and there is a correct and proper way to behave with other people. And I behaved improperly with John and feel bad, so I compensate by obsessing with language, which is easier to control than behavior.” PeopleWayFeelsUseLanguageEasierBehaviorBehaveObsessing Book:Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You: A Novel Source: Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You: A Novel
“It is easier to recognize the quality of leadership in the behavior of their followers than it is in the behavior of the leader.” QualityLeaderEasierBehaviorFollowers Author:Kevin Lowe
“Increasing your repertoire has the advantage that you don't have to give up enjoying what you already like: it is always easier to add new behaviors than to deny your deepest desires.” GivingDesireEnjoyEasierGiving UpBehaviorAdvantageAddDeny Author:Dossie Easton
“I find that it's easier to do parts that are wrapped up in different hair and wardrobe and eras, and different period behavior, than it is to play closer to the present.” DifferentPlayHairPeriodsEasierBehaviorErasWardrobe Author:Scott Bakula
“A few public hangings will really change behavior. One of our Presidents said if he could execute three people each year for no cause, it would make it a lot easier to govern. When someone said that's not enough, he said, "Oh yes it is, because I'd publish the list of people under consideration."” PeopleIfsYearsSaidEnoughThreeCausesPresidentEasierBehaviorListsConsiderationPublish Author:Charlie Munger
“It's easier to fall back into old behaviors when you come back to a place where you were a shorter person.” PersonsFallEasierBehaviorFall Back Author:Joseph Dougherty
“here's a payoff for everyone. The reason we hang on to self-defeating behaviors is because it's easier not to take responsibility.” SelfReasonResponsibilityEasierBehaviorTaking ResponsibilityPayoffSelf Defeating Behavior Author:Wayne Dyer
“Leading with character gives the wise leader clear-cut advantages. They are easier to trust and follow; they honor commitments and promises; their words and behavior match; they are always engaged in and by the world; they are open to "reflective backtalk": they can speak with conviction because they believe in what they are saying...and everyone else knows that. They are comfortable in their own skin. They feel at ease in the spotlight and they enjoy it there. They tend to be more receptive to opportunity and risk.” KnowsWorldGivingFeelsBelieveCharacterOpportunitySpeakEnjoyLeaderClearWiseCuttingRiskHonorEasierPromiseBehaviorComfortableCommitmentAdvantageSkinsConvictionEaseEngagedSpotlightReceptiveWise Leaders Author:Warren G. Bennis
“It is always useful to think badly about people one has exploited or plans to exploit... No one likes to think of him or herself as a bad person. To treat badly another person whom we consider a reasonable human being creates a tension between act and attitude that demands resolution. We cannot erase what we have done, and to alter our future behavior may not be in our interest. To change our attitude is easier.” PeopleThinkingHumansMayPersonsDonePoliticsInterestHuman BeingsAttitudePlansEasierDemandBehaviorTreatsLikesTensionReasonableResolutionOur FutureExploitsErase Author:James W. Loewen
“Too often we judge people based on our own backgrounds and experiences, but when you understand people's stories, it's easier to understand their demeanor.” PeopleHumansStoriesUnderstandingJudgingEasierBehaviorExperienceBasesBackgroundsJudgementBehaviourHuman BehaviorComprehensionDemeanorComprehending Author:Joel Osteen