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. You can only change things about yourself. This idea applies both to you and to the person you’re trying to change. See if the person wants to change and believes that he has the capacity to change. Don’t actively ask the person if he is open to change; instead, try to figure out if there’s a possibility that the person wants to change. In some situations, it might be appropriate to ask that person’s friends and loved ones what they know about this behavior and what the person has done to change it. If the person has tried to quit smoking several times before, he might be open to trying again with a different approach. If the person has tried, he at least at one point believed he was open to change.