5 • 642 Ratings
🗓️ 27 December 2021
⏱️ 81 minutes
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0:00.0 | It makes us feel anger, frustration, guilt, sadness, and sometimes even regret. |
0:13.1 | Or put more simply, sometimes you just feel like banging your head against the wall, if |
0:17.2 | somebody you care about won't change a behavior that is causing them their health, professional |
0:21.8 | opportunity, or maybe even a valuable relationship. |
0:25.5 | You know, there's a fact of life here that at some point, almost all of us, I'm going |
0:30.6 | to say all of us are going to try to get somebody to change their mind about something |
0:36.4 | literally. |
0:37.4 | And if you don't like that phrasing, okay, maybe you're just trying to get them to |
0:41.0 | consider an alternative perspective. |
0:42.9 | You're not shooting for foolproof behavior change, but just the consideration of an alternative |
0:48.4 | issue. |
0:49.4 | Now, sometimes we'll be successful at this, but the majority of the time we're going |
0:52.8 | to fail, even if no, especially if we lean on logic or facts to reinforce our points. |
1:00.0 | Why is that? |
1:01.0 | Oh, part of it is personal change is difficult and rare. For example, 2015 article in Forbes mentioned |
1:08.6 | that US dieters spend $40 billion a year, |
1:13.4 | but 19 out of 20 of them lose nothing but their money. |
1:17.2 | Two years after a coronary bypass surgery |
1:20.7 | to save their lives, 90% of patients |
1:23.8 | are back to their old health behaviors. |
1:25.6 | And a personal favorite that the article has, two out of three people cannot even get themselves to floss. |
1:32.4 | Now you might be looking at yourself. I know I certainly do. There's plenty of behaviors. I'm not perfect in. |
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