Title: 3 Ways to Change Someone Else's Behavior - wikiHow
Headings: How to Change Someone Else's Behavior
How to Change Someone Else's Behavior
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Discussing the Problem with the Person Download Article
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Accepting a Potential Lack of Change Download Article
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Helping to Alter the Behavior Download Article
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Liana Georgoulis, PsyD
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Licensed Psychologist Expert Interview. 6 September 2018. Again, it is important to note that you cannot force anyone to change if the person doesn't want to. You can say things to try to affect change within that person, but you are an agent of change, not the change itself. No matter how many times you tell your friend to tie his shoelaces, he does not have to tie his shoelaces. {"smallUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/9\/90\/Cope-With-Stigma-Step-4-Version-2.jpg\/v4-460px-Cope-With-Stigma-Step-4-Version-2.jpg","bigUrl":"\/images\/thumb\/9\/90\/Cope-With-Stigma-Step-4-Version-2.jpg\/aid853638-v4-728px-Cope-With-Stigma-Step-4-Version-2.jpg","smallWidth":460,"smallHeight":345,"bigWidth":728,"bigHeight":546,"licensing":"<div class=\"mw-parser-output\"><p>License: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/3.0\/\">Creative Commons<\/a><br>\n<\/p><p><br \/>\n<\/p><\/div>"}
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Decide if you can accept the person if this behavior does not change. Get comfortable with the possibility that the person may never change, because it's quite possible that he will not. How would it feel to simply live with the behavior? Is it possible you could change your own behavior and attitude to accommodate the person?