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Critique: “Things I wish I learned in Engineering School”
A friend of mine recently pointed me to an interesting article by Rick Cattell, distinguished engineer at Sun microsystems. I had never heard of Rick but he sounds knowledgeable and had good insights to share in a couple of different … Continue reading
How to Amplify Social Proof to increase your persuasiveness
This is part of the ‘Lessons in Persuasion’ series. Each post is a concise blurb on how you can be more persuasive in your interactions with people. If you have any thoughts to share, please leave a comment or response below … Continue reading
How to use Social Proof to increase your persuasiveness
This is part of the ‘Lessons in Persuasion’ series. Each post is a concise blurb on how you can be more persuasive in your interactions with people. If you have any thoughts to share, please leave a comment or response below – … Continue reading
Inconvenience your target to increase your persuasiveness
This is part of the ‘Persuasion’ series. Each post is a concise blurb on how you can be more persuasive in your interactions with people, and it’s taken from stuff I’ve learned + read. If you have any thoughts to share, please … Continue reading
The ‘Lessons in Persuasion’ Series
I decided a while back that I wanted to teach myself how to become more persuasive. The benefits don’t need to be stated – being more persuasive can help you at work and in your personal life. Need to convince your … Continue reading
The 10000 hour rule
This is part 2 of a series of posts on persistence being a key factor to success. In my previous post we went over the Matthew Effect and how you can make use of it to win an edge over your competition … Continue reading
What is the “Matthew Effect” and why it matters
The term Matthew Effect was first coined by Robert K. Merton, a Genius sociologist of Columbia, and it takes it’s name from the Biblical gospel of Matthew: For to all those who have, more will be given, and they will … Continue reading
Applying the economics of Comparative Advantage to Business and Product Decisions
Unless you’re an economics major or studied it in college, there’s a good chance that you haven’t heard of the law of Comparative Advantage. Even if you have, this post may still either serve as a good refresher if it’s … Continue reading
On leadership.
Derek Sivers gave an interesting TED talk on leadership. Great video that really breaks down the process of starting a movement. My notes: A leader needs the guts to stand out and look ridiculous (most of us know this already). But what really … Continue reading
Using Psychology to make Product Decisions
In order to build successful products (products people use, products that are profitable, products that change the world), a product owner needs to think like the end-user or customer that would end up using that product. Products that fail to … Continue reading