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Why People Don't Change

1.7K views · Sep 20, 2023

Rabbi Mendel Kessin

A lecture on human behavior and change, given by Rabbi Mendel Kessin.

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I want to just mention this which is important how does the Yates are get away with it how how is that you know right aftermkip is over everybody's rushing to that and go home to eat I understand that right but why is it we always turn to being who we were before Yom Kippur fdm keeper also why is it is it dissolves to do chuva repentance does it last what is the problem here you see which is an interesting phenomenon somehow doesn't last we always go we go we always go back to doing what we formally did which is obviously not very good why so I'll tell you something very interesting which is a very important psychological concept you will always behave in terms of what you're unstated and unconscious goals are always a man's behavior is always consistent with his real goal and most

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  1. 0:00I want to just mention this which is important how does the Yates are get away…
  2. 0:31phenomenon somehow doesn't last we always go we go we always go back to doing what…
  3. 1:01of the time our goals are not even stated they're unconscious many times we're not even…
  4. 1:31learn Torah and do mistress and so on yeah it's partly that but the goal essentially…
  5. 2:01course we want to take advantage of the fact that there's no sudden so any cure…
  6. 2:33goals they try to change their behavior mistake you have to change your goals who you…
  7. 3:04that's really the explanation of why people don't change FTM keeper…

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