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Suppose you want to eat healthier, exercise more, or avoid getting in arguments with your partner. Each of these requires behavior change, but changing behavior can be challenging. An important first ...

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When Tiffany Cheng first moved to Brussels, Belgium, to serve as the global communications director at Volvo, she kept her head down, did her work, and tried not to make waves. But while Cheng, 40, ...

Changing our behavior is a self-engineering challenge with few equals. I’m talking about long-term, sustained change, not short-run bursts that sputter out before real change happens. Whether the ...

1. Reduce friction. Make the desired behavior easier than the old one. Adjust meeting practices, deadlines, and norms to support new routines. 2. Shape environments. When the cues around people ...

Este articulo también está disponible en español. In 1968, Stanford Research Institute scientists Elmer Robinson and R.C. Robbins produced a landmark study for the trade association American Petroleum ...

The research, conducted at Georgetown University Medical Center, found that “shifting levels of a brain protein called KCC2 can reshape the way cues become linked with rewards, sometimes making habits ...