Three Surprises About Change Analysis

CHANGING BEHAVIOUR.
The author of the article, “Three surprises About Change” is focusing on three main ideas concerning the change of people’s behaviors. He suggests; shaping the path, motivating the Elephant and directing the Rider should happen as guidelines to make change easier for people.
When considering behavioral changes, there exist both hard and easy changes. Often, problems people are facing end up to be situation problems. For instance, in the article, researchers made a study in different countries and found out that moviegoers with large buckets of popcorn eat just to finish the popcorn instead of eating for pleasure. Thus, providing moviegoers with small buckets of popcorn instead of large buckets of popcorn solves the situation of overeating.
With change considered at every level, what’s typical is getting people to act differently from their old ways. In most cases, people volunteer to change though one might think people are always resisting change. For example, parents welcoming newly born babies and accepting the change.
According to the author’s perspective, the mind and heart of an individual need influencing to change somebody's
The Elephant is the emotional side and Rider is the cognitive side, and in most circumstances, during a disagreement, the Elephant tends to overpower the Rider. One example is skipping the gym. In otherwise the Elephant is responsible when somebody fails to change because emotions suppress the ability to intelligently reason. No doubt, the Elephant is capable of immense strengths such as someone getting things done while on the other hand, the Rider ruminates in situations like decision-making. Thus, changing behavior, with ease requires appealing to both the Elephant for energy and Rider for a sense of