Are You Motivated to Make Change Happen?

Can we ever get individuals to be just driven from themselves? Not just for work, but in general for life. Why do people gravitate towards these things knowing that they will destroy you? I don't know the answer. At least my limited experience tells me that something really shocking and something really jolting needs to happen in someone's life for them to reset their life. It's almost as if the scare of cancer is the only way that someone will consider quitting smoking.