How Can you Change Someone's Behaviour

From the moment we meet someone, we are forming opinions on them based on our past and current experiences….even if we aren’t aware of it in the moment.  This is because our nervous system is geared towards keeping us alive. If something is dangerous, we must be ready to fight or flight.

We are often quick to label others and put them into different categories i.e. what their clothes say about them, what kind of work they do, if they have kids or not, if they are friendly, safe, intelligent, etc.  
Once we label someone, we tend to expect them to behave in a certain way and when they do, this further cements the label that you originally placed on them.  

So, one way we can change someone’s behaviour is by changing the label that we have for them.  Instead of labeling a child as being hyperactive, perhaps they are energetic. Instead of saying to someone that they are too sensitive, perhaps, they are empathic.  If someone daydreams often, it can be said that they have great imagination.

By changing the way we see someone, it gives them the opportunity to also see themselves in a different light.  

What labels do you hold on to that keep you down?  Throw away those that no longer serve you and change the meaning of your labels to a positive way.  Re-write the meaning of what it means to be skinny/fat, poor/rich, etc.

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