Comments on: The Dangers of Habit and The Difficulty of Creating Change http://blog.potterzot.com/2007/10/27/the-dangers-of-habit-and-the-difficulty-of-creating-change/ Economics. Data. Software. Fri, 15 Oct 2010 05:46:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: zot http://blog.potterzot.com/2007/10/27/the-dangers-of-habit-and-the-difficulty-of-creating-change/comment-page-1/#comment-291 zot Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:01:08 +0000 http://blog.potterzot.com/2007/10/27/the-dangers-of-habit-and-the-difficulty-of-creating-change/#comment-291 @Tony: thanks for your interest. I think fear and self-preservation can be great drivers of human behavior, but I think it is too simplistic to pare everything down to those emotions. More and more I think it has a lot to do with people maintaining their self image. If a person considers himself/herself to be caring and supportive, their actions tend to reflect that desire, whereas someone who views themselves as competitive might be more likely to encourage that action. Of course, we only take action to conform to our own views of ourselves, and that doesn't prevent us from filtering information so that our actions to other people can seem pretty different from how we perceive them. I think a lot of conflict comes from this dynamic. @Tony: thanks for your interest. I think fear and self-preservation can be great drivers of human behavior, but I think it is too simplistic to pare everything down to those emotions. More and more I think it has a lot to do with people maintaining their self image. If a person considers himself/herself to be caring and supportive, their actions tend to reflect that desire, whereas someone who views themselves as competitive might be more likely to encourage that action.

Of course, we only take action to conform to our own views of ourselves, and that doesn’t prevent us from filtering information so that our actions to other people can seem pretty different from how we perceive them. I think a lot of conflict comes from this dynamic.

]]> By: Tony Fortner http://blog.potterzot.com/2007/10/27/the-dangers-of-habit-and-the-difficulty-of-creating-change/comment-page-1/#comment-281 Tony Fortner Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:36:23 +0000 http://blog.potterzot.com/2007/10/27/the-dangers-of-habit-and-the-difficulty-of-creating-change/#comment-281 The point you make is interesting. I too see these behaviors. My area of interest is similar, but focused on the decision-making and behaviors of leaders in large organizations. I have deduced, through no scientific rigor, that fear and self-preservation are key drivers for the aforementioned. Also of interest are the hundreds of books and papers written on the behaviors of the "employees". By employees, this is usually defined as those at the "contributor" level, not those in senior leadership. Great post, I will be visiting again. Cheers, Tony The point you make is interesting. I too see these behaviors. My area of interest is similar, but focused on the decision-making and behaviors of leaders in large organizations.

I have deduced, through no scientific rigor, that fear and self-preservation are key drivers for the aforementioned.

Also of interest are the hundreds of books and papers written on the behaviors of the “employees”. By employees, this is usually defined as those at the “contributor” level, not those in senior leadership.

Great post, I will be visiting again.

Cheers,

Tony

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