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How to Be a Proactive Agent of Change and Make the World a Better Place
The evidence is overwhelming for the need to be more proactive and do something to solve the problems that afflict our society. From failed personal relationships to the rise in dropouts and criminal activity, many problems can be diminished or eliminated entirely once we begin to use our understanding of human personality to improve our interpersonal interactions. This article reveals some tools that can help improve our own lives and the lives of those around us.
Spotlighting the Center Stage Role Attitudes Play in Shaping Behaviors
In order to promote lasting change in the behaviors of offenders and other at-risk populations, we need to answer the question, “What roles do attitudes play in shaping the way an individual lives their values?” This article examines how we, as facilitators of change, must promote an introspective look at how attitudes differ from, and indeed separate, our values and actions.
How Prison Educators Transform Themselves Into Value Added Representatives
As prison educators and probation officers work with offenders to improve behaviors, it is useful to borrow from the business world the concept of the value-added reseller. Negative behaviors only stop when offenders see a benefit to positive replacement behaviors. It is the job of the educator to frame the behaviors in a way that appeals to the specific values of Blue, Gold, Green, and Orange personality types.
