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“I would not suggest the U.S. should sit down with the North Koreans bilaterally immediately after they've fired missiles - because the appearance is that you reward bad behavior. But if North Korea behaves for some period of time, I would pretty much favor direct talks.”

Ifs Should Periods Behavior Direct Rewards Appearance Favors Behave Korea North Korea Missiles Korean Bad Behavior North Korean

Author:Richard Armitage

“The basic idea that incentives can be used to motivate behavior is a powerful one. It works for employees, and it has a clear place in parenting, as anyone who has tried to potty-train a recalcitrant toddler with sticker rewards knows.”

Knows Ideas Used Powerful Clear Behavior Train Rewards Employee Incentives Toddler Sticker Potty Recalcitrant

Author:Emily Oster

“Business schools reward complex behavior but it's the simple behavior that makes you successful in life”

School Simple Successful Behavior Complexes Rewards Business School

Author:John C. Maxwell

“The rewards are profound. Shadow-work enables us to alter our self-sabotaging behavior so that we can achieve a more self-directed life.”

Life Self Achieve Behavior Shadow Profound Rewards Shadow Work

Book:Romancing the Shadow: A Guide to Soul Work for a Vital, Authentic Life

Source: Romancing the Shadow: A Guide to Soul Work for a Vital, Authentic Life

“Reward the behavior you want repeated.”

Want Behavior Rewards

Book:It's Called Work for a Reason!: Your Success is Your Own Damn Fault

Source: It's Called Work for a Reason!: Your Success is Your Own Damn Fault

“The most basic of conservative principles is that if you reward bad behavior you get more of it.”

Ifs Principles Behavior Rewards Conservative Bad Behavior

Author:Mark Steyn

“If your incentives are set up wrong - if for some reason you reward people for behavior that's actually bad for your customers or your organization - then you're going to encourage that behavior.”

People Ifs Reason Behavior Organization Rewards Customers Incentives

Author:Ramez Naam

“The corporate sector per se is bottom-line oriented. It can be very corrupt and it is not very principled. That is why I don't think it is sufficient just to have voluntary codes of behavior. I am in favor of legislation which helps to ensure that there is an even playing field and rewards those who play by the rules.”

Thinking Play Helping Lines Fields Behavior Rewards Bottom Favors Corporate Code Sufficient Legislation Bottom Line Playing Fields Principled

Author:Mary Robinson

“It turns out that dopamine is a chemical on double duty in the brain. Along with its role in motor commands, it also serves as the main messenger in the reward systems, guiding a person toward food, drink, mates, and all things useful for survival. Because of its role in the reward system, imbalances in dopamine can trigger gambling, overeating, and drug addiction - behaviors that result from a reward system gone awry.”

Source: Incognito: The Secret Lives of The Brain

“Consumers now have a voice. And the fact that consumers can be creators, producers and distributors means they can push back against brands to punish them for their socially irresponsible behavior or reward them for their responsible behavior.”

Mean Facts Voice Behavior Responsible Rewards Creator Producers Brands Consumers Irresponsible Distributors

Author:Simon Mainwaring

“Only criminals and bloodsuckers reward bad behavior.”

Behavior Rewards Criminals Bad Behavior Bloodsuckers

Author:Ted Nugent

“Don't reward bad behavior. It is one of the first rules of parenting. During the financial cataclysm of 2008, we said it differently. When we bailed out banks that had created their own misfortune, we called it a 'moral hazard,' because the bailout absolved the bank's bad acts and created an incentive for it to make the same bad loans again.”

Firsts Said Moral Behavior Parenting Rewards Financial Misfortunes Incentives Loan Hazards Bad Behavior Bailouts Moral Hazard

Author:Eliot Spitzer

“It seems to me that the idea of a personal God is an anthropological concept which I cannot take seriously. I also cannot imagine some will or goal outside the human sphere... Science has been charged with undermining morality, but the charge is unjust. A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.”

“The business schools reward difficult complex behavior more than simple behavior, but simple behavior is more effective.”

War School Difficult Simple Business Behavior Economics Management Complexes Rewards Investing Simplicity Buffets Business School Good Behavior Investment Success Risk And Reward

Author:Warren Buffett

“The God understood as a father figure, who guided ultimate personal decisions, answered our prayers, and promised rewards and punishment based upon our behavior was not designed to call anyone into maturity.”

Father Prayer Decision Atheism Figures Behavior Understood Ultimate Rewards Punishment Maturity Our Prayers Father Figure Reward And Punishment Personal Decisions

Author:John Shelby Spong