effective change

Trying to read an article in the my times about how is science being used to change human behavior.. or something along those lines .

A Few of the Ideas About How to Fix Human Behavior Rest on Some Pretty Shaky Science

And then my brain goes on about makes does effective change entail? Or better how are some ways that we can make change more effective.

Introspection

Writing down thoughts

Comparing the the spectrum of thoughts and beliefs and being human... Contrasting those ideas with others...

Understanding the empathy of yourself towards others.

One of the biggest problems I experienced and still do is just seeing things at "face value", part me agrees with but I also don't like that concept or idea that things can be looked at "face value"..( that's probably a me only thing). Sure some things are cut n dry I guess, but the motivations and catalysts that got us there are probably more convoluted. All these illusions to life, things that make us go "oooh and aww" in good times and bad. Every experience has a beginning a middle and an end.. that completes the cycle.. as in life.