No matter from the view of individuals or the general society, the self-interest behavior is the most universal behavior.

不论就个体还是就社会总体来看，人的自利行为是最普遍的行为。

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In fact, today, experts define office politics as proper behavior used to pursue one's own self-interest in the workplace.

事实上，如今专家们将办公室政治定义为在工作场所追求自身利益的正当行为。

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The behavior is optimized for the short term and self interest.

该行为是优化的短期和自身利益。

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We can use these results to design incremental incentives, based on self-interest, integrated into daily behavior that will motivate our colleagues, companies, communities, and consumers to change themselves.

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But the basic motivation for the behavior is self-interest.

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What are the small ways you can lead (and I do mean, lead, not trick) folks, following their own self-interest and in the course of their normal activity, to take the necessary steps toward more sustainable operations and personal behavior?

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