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PANIC IN DC

PIC AND NIC

A Beginners Guide to the PIC/NIC Analysis

https://www.scottsdalepbs.com/guide-to-the-pic-nic-analysis/

There is a phenomenal book, now in its 5th edition, by Aubrey Daniels, called Performance Management, which applies the science of behavior to work-related behaviors. It uses something called the PIC/NIC analysis to determine why people are motivated to do certain things, even if they are not in their best interest.

Basically, what Daniels did was whenever he would begin a new consultation, he would analyze all of the target behaviors, looking for the consequences of each. Specifically, he was looking for whether the consequences were immediate or future and then certain or uncertain. What he found, unequivocally, was that the most powerful consequences are going to be immediate and certain, with the least powerful being future and uncertain.

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Suggestions for putting this system into place start with picking three to five target behaviors that you most want to increase. This will mean being flexible on any other standards or stuff. You can’t fix everything all at once. You never will be able to do that. Communicate with your child that these are the things you really want to work on together. Look for opportunities to make consequences for those behaviors as positive, immediate and certain as possible. Set mini-goals for the day and discuss the consequences for meeting them. Use frequent measurement and monitoring of those target behaviors and provide frequent feedback. Reward even small improvement. If the overall goal is not reached but there is an improvement, reward it. As much as possible, stop using the threat of future or uncertain consequences. They aren’t nearly as powerful, anyway, so focus on immediate and certain consequences.

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Compare the behavior, panic and sloppiness, of some in DC with rational assessment of their best interests.

Interdasting.