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CM 235: Jonah Berger on How to Get Your Way

Curious Minds at Work

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Turning Actions Into Identities

Jonah Lehrer: Turning actions into identities can make people more likely to take them. He says it's as simple as using a noun instead of a verb for something like voting. Lehrer: If helping is a way to show myself and others that I'm a helper, I'm much more likely to do it. Losing is bad on the negative side; being a loser is even worse.

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