The more you begin to understand other people and yourself, you will likely begin to see why certain methods of teaching people don’t lead to true change. You will see how much time it takes for people to change their ways, and that it’s not as simple as it seems.

When your expectations of people don’t align with the reality of how humans are, it will frustrate you, cause you to be dislike them, and be disappointed and angry with them.

When teaching people, you have to take into consideration the fact that humans have limitations and that certain things are not possible for them.

Humans cannot fly, and we don’t expect them to. We’re not angry about it because we know it’s not possible. The same thing should go for how you expect people to truly change. You can’t expect things from people that are not possible for them.

The reality of people truly changing is that they need to see how their lives are being negatively affected by something before they make a change. Words alone don’t do enough. It’s easy to tell people things like “don’t litter because it’s bad” but what does that mean to them & for them? How are they seeing the impact of littering or whatever other unruly behavior they engage in, within their lives that matters to them?

People must see the negative impact in their life and come to the conclusion that it is best to change on their own, regardless of how long it takes.