Title: 3 Ways to Change Behavior - wikiHow
Headings: How to Change Behavior
How to Change Behavior
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Changing Your Own Behavior Download Article
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Helping Someone Else Change Their Behavior Download Article
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Maintaining Behavioral Changes Download Article
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Trudi Griffin, LPC, MS
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Content: There are 23 references cited in this article, which can be found at the bottom of the page. This article has been viewed 50,571 times. Changing behavior, whether your own or someone else’s, is not an easy process. Make sure you set yourself and others up for success, rather than demanding perfection. Whether you want to change or you want someone else to, you should focus on setting clear and realistic goals, thinking positively, finding support, tracking and rewarding progress, and accepting relapses. Steps
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Set clear goals. Make sure the behaviors you want to change are specific, measurable, and attainable. Give yourself some freedom in the goals you set. [