Title: Six Ways to Help People Change | Greater Good
Headings: Six Ways to Help People Change
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Six Ways to Help People Change
If you want to help someone reach their goals, follow these steps.
1. Lead by example
2. Suggest goals
3. Give the right feedback
4. Support good habits
5. Take advantage of laziness
6. Develop support networks
About the Author
Art Markman
We believe happiness should be free.

Content: If you want other people to change, start with yourself and make sure the things you want them to change about themselves are things you do effectively yourself. “ Do as I say and not as I do” is not a formula for success. But that’s only the first step. It is important to engage visibly in the goals that you want them to adopt. When you lead by example, your actions will serve as a source of goal contagion for other people in your environment. Your actions help people see how a goal can be accomplished successfully. Many professors I know make a point of working in their offices with their doors open. They would probably be more productive keeping their doors closed or perhaps even working from home. They would get more done if they were interrupted less often. The point of working in a visible way, though, is to give students a sense of what is required for success in academia.