behavior change
5 statements across 4 episodes · 0 bullish · 4 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Oct 15, 2019 by Daniel Kahneman · across every show →
Everything said about behavior change, oldest first
Oct 15, 2019 negative
Kahneman: Anyone optimistic about easily changing human behavior is completely deluded
“I think changing behavior is extremely difficult. There are a few tips and, you know, a few guidelines about how to do that, but anybody who is very optimistic about changing behavior is just deluded. It's hard to change other people's behavior. It's very hard…”
Jun 23, 2020 negative
Fogg: Information alone does not reliably drive sustained behavior change
“That information alone does not reliably lead to sustained behavior change. Now information can be part of the puzzle, but that alone doesn't seem to do the trick for most people. So seeing statistics, seeing data won't necessarily change somebody's behavior i…”
Jun 23, 2020
BJ Fogg: Behavior is made easier only through training, environmental redesign, or shrinking actions
“You can change the person to make it easier to do by skilling them up. You can change the environment by giving people tools and resources or yourself tools and resources. And in the third approach, if you need this, you take it and you just Scale the behavior…”
Jul 22, 2025 negative
Kahneman: Anyone highly optimistic about behavior change is deluded
“I think changing behavior is extremely difficult. There are a few tips and, you know, a few guidelines about how to do that, but anybody who is very optimistic about changing behavior is just deluded. It's hard to change other people's behavior. It's very hard…”
Jan 1, 2026 negative