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306. How to Launch a Behavior-Change Revolution

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How to Induce People to Change Their Behavior

The story of how you induce people to change their behavior is taught by Cook Lewin. Kurt Lewin was a German-American psychologist who, in the early 20th century, developed several ideas that became central to modern psychology. In most cases, Kahneman explained, we try to change people's behavior with a mishmash of arguments, incentives and threats.

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