A simple trick makes people overstay in jobs. Jobs they don’t like. Where they don’t like the work, the people or the money.
The trick used here, is the Trick of Promise.
“Once we have made a choice or taken a stand, we will encounter personal and interpersonal pressures to behave consistently with that commitment.
Those pressures will cause us to respond in ways that justify our earlier decision.”
- Robert Cialdini (Book: Influence, link)
When a manager asks us to not leave the organisation before a certain period, and we promise. We get tricked into overstaying.
When you are about to make a promise, make it conditional and never unconditional. Use the same trick and let the manager also make a promise.
Have a great weekend.
Vivek
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