> if you weren't already doing so as part of a larger motivation that is strong enough to override your existing behavioral patterns
How would you explain getting into the state of “already doing so as part of a larger motivation” in that case? The fact that people manage to get into that state undermines the premise of your challenge. If what you say is true, no one would rise to the level of “already doing”, which is an act that started at some point.
> In every case where I see someone change there's so many factors that went into it that just obviously would lead you to understand how it's intuitive that they would have done so.
This is called life. The causes and conditions of change are tautologically the reason that people change, yes. But is this a surprise?
If there is nothing to change or no reason to change, why would someone try?
By definition, if someone finds themselves in a position that would benefit from change, that falls under your “other things of the sort”.
The factors that lead to change are innumerable and different for each person. Some of the causes include exposure to new information. For me, I stumbled on some useful books like “Learned Optimism”, which details the history of the discovery of learned helplessness. It opened my eyes to some things about myself that I didn’t understand, and was one of many things that led to a change of mind.
Causes and conditions that lead to change include reading comment threads like this one. Exposing yourself to information that challenges your assumptions is another potent change agent.
yeah ive been told a million different view points by therapists and been in and out of it for years and have tons of internal strife over wanting to be way bigger than i am but im mostly externally motivated so it doesnt end up mattering at all.
How would you explain getting into the state of “already doing so as part of a larger motivation” in that case? The fact that people manage to get into that state undermines the premise of your challenge. If what you say is true, no one would rise to the level of “already doing”, which is an act that started at some point.
> In every case where I see someone change there's so many factors that went into it that just obviously would lead you to understand how it's intuitive that they would have done so.
This is called life. The causes and conditions of change are tautologically the reason that people change, yes. But is this a surprise?
If there is nothing to change or no reason to change, why would someone try?
By definition, if someone finds themselves in a position that would benefit from change, that falls under your “other things of the sort”.
The factors that lead to change are innumerable and different for each person. Some of the causes include exposure to new information. For me, I stumbled on some useful books like “Learned Optimism”, which details the history of the discovery of learned helplessness. It opened my eyes to some things about myself that I didn’t understand, and was one of many things that led to a change of mind.
Causes and conditions that lead to change include reading comment threads like this one. Exposing yourself to information that challenges your assumptions is another potent change agent.