(Parts 2–4 • Caring Enough) Six Behavioral Barriers That Prevent You from Changing the Status Quo

Jeffrey Goodman
9 min readMay 23, 2022

Six Behavioral Barriers That Prevent You from Changing the Status Quo
1. Barnacles • 2–4. Caring Enough • 5. Smart Man’s Disease • 6. Blackballing

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If you’ve ever had a difficult time trying to get someone to care enough to seriously consider some thing you thought was a problem, raise your hand.

Wow, it’s as though everyone in the world just raised their hand.

The topic for this article is “caring enough to pay attention to a potential problem,” and we will…

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Jeffrey Goodman

Navigating facts and numbers to help people. Strong opinions on climate change and healthcare. Objective, not neutral. MIT engineer, Wharton MBA.