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Additionally, if we don’t follow through with appropriate consequences, people learn to dismiss our requests—even if they sound like threats or ultimatums.

Of the three men who in turn took his place, two proved to be dangerous drunkards, the third turned mutineer, and all were professionally incompetent.

because the problem is, when a rule is formulated, the consequences of its universalization, as Kant put it, always have to be considered.

enforce the consequences they agreed on if the alcoholic does not get treatment. Boundaries without consequences are not boundaries.

When you choose a behavior, you choose its future consequences.

Welcome consequences as a teacher. Learning about sowing and reaping is valuable. It teaches us that we suffer losses when we aren’t responsible. The impulsive overeater has medical and social difficulties. The overspender faces bankruptcy court. The chronically late person misses plane flights and important meetings, and loses friendships. The

1. Unintended consequences.

"consequence mapping" list what might break, shift, or scale unintentionally if this succeeds.