We all know people who we hope will change or break bad habits (including ourselves). Our inclination is to remind them of all the reasons what they’re doing will lead them to places they don’t want to be. We lecture, reason, inform, even plea, but is it effective? The Behavioral Science Guys boil down the best 50 years of social science into a few interesting, entertaining, and applicable tips for actually changing your behavior.
They base these tips around an experiment involving children approaching smokers on the street and reminding them that smoking is bad for you. See what happens next:
