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How to Train Your Spouse Like an Animal
- sebg 13y agokey paragraph => "Amy Sutherland, Exotic Animal Trainer, - "The central lesson I learned from exotic animal trainers is that I should reward behavior I like and ignore behavior I don't. After all, you don't get a sea lion to balance a ball on the end of its nose by nagging. The same goes for the American husband.""
- tbirdz 13y agoThis is all well and good for enforcing behaviours that a person could naturally fall into, but what if you wanted to someone to do something they had never done before?
- bryanlarsen 13y agoI think the article section entitled "approximations" is what you are looking for.
- quesera 13y agoThis is generally accomplished by hiring.
- j_s 13y agoThe Billion Dollar Mind Trick: An Intro To Triggers http://www.nirandfar.com/2012/04/billion-dollar-mind-trick.html http://www.nirandfar.com/2012/04/billion-dollar-mind-trick.h... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3881370 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3881370 > This article skims the surface of habit formation > > - HN commenter The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do In Life and Business http://www.amzn.com/1400069289 http://www.amzn.com/1400069289 > [using the habit loop] cycle to structure habits in your own life > > - HN commenter Don't Shoot the Dog!: The New Art of Teaching and Training http://www.amzn.com/1860542387 http://www.amzn.com/1860542387 > a manual and a philosophy for solving the problems in your life caused by > other's behavior, whether it is your husband, your children, your pets, or > your co-workers > > - Amazon reviewer
- Fistandantilus 13y agoWhere is the social justice crowd when there's real sexism afoot?