A study published in Child Development found that students were 30 percent more likely to clean up when teachers said, "Can you be a helper in cleanup?" instead of "Can you help clean up?" [1]

A study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that people who received a letter encouraging them to be a voter rather than simply to vote were 15 percent more likely to register to vote. [2]

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June 05, 2023

  1. https://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/steve-jobs-said-half-of-what-separates-success-from-failure-comes-down-to-1-simple-word.html ↩︎

  2. https://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/steve-jobs-said-half-of-what-separates-success-from-failure-comes-down-to-1-simple-word.html ↩︎