Okay, so first google the Pareto principle, also known as the 80–20 rule, the law of the vital few, and the principle of factor sparsity. It states that, for many events, roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes. So, it’s a natural law of nature that about 20% of anything—for the [...]
Strategy and Accomplishment
Face it, most of the world can’t live in New York City—and like your religion, race, and socio-economic status, you’re pretty much just born into the suburbs and dropped into the zombie-producing babysitting-factory known as the public school system. So, if you’re a dull dimwit with no future, it’s not entirely your fault. I was [...]
I’m having difficulty getting myself to be productive. You need a tiny success—of any kind! And probably much smaller than you think. Deconstruct the problem or task in front of you, and figure out the first baby-step you can take, which is neither intimidating nor possesses too many unknowns. It is too many unknowns all [...]
Robert Cialdin’s Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion. This dude went undercover into eerily effective businesses to see what made them tick, and distilled it down to six principles. Go read the Wikipedia page about these six principles of Reciprocity, Commitment and Consistency, Social Proof, Authority, Liking and Scarcity, and you can probably forgo the book, [...]
There's not much in this for me besides recognition.