馬庭正 ([info]r_ness) wrote,
@ 2008-03-14 17:19:00
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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.

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[info]sirhc_warrior
2008-03-14 10:25 pm UTC (link)
i know... my incentives suck. men disappear because who really wants discounted or free massage and nature walks, anyway?

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[info]r_ness
2008-03-14 10:33 pm UTC (link)
Pearls before swine, m'dear.

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[info]sirhc_warrior
2008-03-14 10:43 pm UTC (link)
you made me cry again. *wry smile*

i wish i believed you. at some point one must start to suspect one's oyster.

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[info]klingonlandlady
2008-03-14 10:45 pm UTC (link)
*sigh* yup, true enough...

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[info]rfrancis
2008-03-14 10:58 pm UTC (link)
So you keep not coming through this way because offering free lunch isn't enough, eh?

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[info]tyellas
2008-03-15 01:14 am UTC (link)
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.

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[info]allessindra
2008-03-19 12:08 am UTC (link)
... except when people decide you're deliberately manipulating them.

... except when people have some weird thing about being pushed, and the more you show that you want something from them the more they resist doing it (even if it's something they want to do.)

... except when people are completely and totally oblivious to another's opinion.

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[info]earthling177
2008-03-28 10:31 am UTC (link)
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. ;-)

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