> Confusing telling people what to do and other ineffective techniques with actually, effectively leading them is part of why we have been ineffective at changing people's behavior, illustrating my point.
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> Effective leaders don't lose their cool in difficult times. Many shine then. Instead of throwing in the towel on prevention, we can improve the future relative to what it would be if we just say since we didn't succeed yet we never will.
Please tell us what you are doing. Thanks in advance for whatever it is.
Changing my behavior to pollute less is easy and rewarding.
Changing others' behavior unrelated to polluting less is easy and rewarding.
Changing others' behavior to pollute less is hard and punishing. People get angry and defensive about it. It's one of the main areas I'm trying to develop.
(Other things I do myself include not owning a car, using subways or walking nearly everywhere, not eating meat, avoiding packaged food, not using air conditioning at least at home, and a few things like that, although after doing them long enough, I generally do them because I prefer them to their polluting alternatives. I like walking, eating fresh fruits and vegetables, and so on).
I agree with and do all that also. I was expecting a bit more from you given earlier:
> If you want to change behavior, you need to learn and practice leadership skills and apply them to yourself as well as others. The science is clear. More is nice and I agree we should keep pursuing it, but the best way to decrease the effects of global warming is to change our behavior. (This is why I moved from science to leadership.)
It sounds like you're asserting a "best way" but haven't come any closer than the rest of us to figuring out how to implement, which makes assertion questionable. But I hope that in trying to develop this area you do figure out something new. Thanks in advance, again.
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> Confusing telling people what to do and other ineffective techniques with actually, effectively leading them is part of why we have been ineffective at changing people's behavior, illustrating my point.
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> Effective leaders don't lose their cool in difficult times. Many shine then. Instead of throwing in the towel on prevention, we can improve the future relative to what it would be if we just say since we didn't succeed yet we never will.
Please tell us what you are doing. Thanks in advance for whatever it is.