Change

Disrupt consistency with radical change

One of the principles of persuasion according to Cialdini is consistency.

Consistency means we like our future choices be consistent with our past choices. If we always choose vanilla ice cream, we’re unlikely to suddenly switch to…

You that you couldn’t imagine

Once upon a time, my room was a mess.

Once upon a time, I took only steaming hot showers.

Once upon a time, I didn’t meditate.

Make significant changes to combat complacency

We’re great at becoming used to things.

Smartphones? A decade since they came out and how naturally we use them now. The new things stay new only moments before fading away into the background.

How do you change the world?

Everyone wants to change the world.

That’s not very ambitious.

We change the world every day. We breathe, we talk with people, we post photos… All our actions in some way change something in our surroundings, which are all part…