Do you think people change because they truly want to or do you think they change because of the consequences if they don't?

Do you think people change because they truly want to or do you think they change because of the consequences if they don't?
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I’m not sure if it’s really an either/or situation. People might change for either of the reasons you mention or because they experience things that change them, and/or learn things over the course of their lives that leads them to make different, hopefully better choices than they might have in the past. And sometimes people change for the worse, I think, and for the same reasons.
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