Kicking Old Habits: What Addicts Can Teach Us About Change
No doubt about it: change can be difficult. And no one knows that better than people who struggle with strong chemical and emotional addictions (and, of course, those who live with them). And yet, addicts of every type—from smokers to alcoholics to drug users—do manage to break their old habits and replace them with healthier new ones.
The work being done with these people can teach us a lot about helping employees change their behavior. If there are techniques and models that can help people kick a heroin habit or stop smoking, then these same techniques and models should also enable us to help people change more benign behaviors in the workplace.
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