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[randomness]

People tend to respond to incentives.

If people are not behaving in ways you like, perhaps it's time to look at the incentives you're offering.

Comments

[chris-warrior.livejournal.com]

i know... my incentives suck. men disappear because who really wants discounted or free massage and nature walks, anyway?

[klingonlandlady.livejournal.com]

*sigh* yup, true enough...

[rfrancis]

So you keep not coming through this way because offering free lunch isn't enough, eh?

[tyellas.livejournal.com]

At the risk of sounding like a manipulative vixen...I have to agree. I use compliments and body language to get people on my side when I have to. (This happens most often in my job as a technical writer, where I have had to persuade some truly truculent engineers to work with me.) I ask for a bargain, but I offer cash. With my temporary flatmate, I have a stick in one hand and sugared carrots in the other.

Positive feedback when people do well, or do something you like (the dishes, the review, the discount) is a powerful, powerful incentive.

[earthling177.livejournal.com]

Weirdly enough, I just read this post. It's funnier when I know what it is supposed to be about and see the responses. I need to read LJ way faster than I've been currently doing if I ever want to catch up. Or just decide catching up is not that important... but so far it seems important to me at the very least. ;-)