🔗 The rock star conundrum

About the recording of We Are The World: The rock star conundrum | Seth’s Blog The documentary of the event is just okay, but it’s fascinating in how it shows us just how deep imposter syndrome lies. Imposter syndrome shows up because we are imposters, imposters acting ‘as if’ in search of making something better. Perhaps the best plan is to show up and not walk out.

March 27, 2024 · 1 min · 67 words

🔗 Core Needs: BICEPS — PALOMA MEDINA

BICEPS — PALOMA MEDINA There are six core needs researchers find are important for humans (both at work and in our personal lives). Each of us have a personal hierarchy for the six however: … Getting to know them is a shortcut to better communication, as well as greater inclusivity at work. Belonging Improvement Choice Equality/ Fairness Predictability Significance See also: Coaching Questions Cheat Sheet - Google Docs Getting to Know Others’ BICEPS Core Needs

February 8, 2024 · 1 min · 75 words

🔗 Power Bends Light

Power Bends Light | honkathon Here are some things I wish I’d known at the time: Power bends taste. … [because] Power defines what’s normal … Power bends accountability. … I started to notice that the thing most strongly correlated to their treatment was their power on the team … Power bends meaning. … it can change the meaning of everything you do and say. … Once I started watching for how newly-acquired power distorts the meanings of everything, I started seeing examples everywhere … To help organize my thoughts, I started abbreviating this phenomenon with a phrase: power bends light....

September 19, 2023 · 1 min · 173 words

🔗 Cheat Sheets Finder

Cheat Sheet Finder | finders This page provides links to and short descriptions of content that provides succinct guidance on many different topics, which fall under domains such as Agile software development, and working in teams. The Cheat Sheet Finder includes the following categories: Flow/Getting Stuff Done Psychological Safety Kanban, eXtreme Programming (XP), Scrum Software Development

August 24, 2023 · 1 min · 56 words

📜 Naturally, the common people don’t want war; neither in Russia nor in

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January 11, 2015 · 1 min · 88 words

🔗 The Wilderness

The Wilderness It’s a period of time where I’m pretty lost, and I don’t know what to do. I have feature lists, I have open bugs to fix, and I have an outline of where the app is going. But I feel mentally incapacitated, like I’m getting nothing done. I call this “The Wilderness”.

September 30, 2014 · 1 min · 54 words

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The way to mitigate these unintended effects is to replace Personas with models that enable cohesive stories. These models are called Characters . What would make sense for the brain is a believable story which explains that purchase. This is what we can use Characters for. A Character is someone who: Has anxieties & motivations. Experiences purchase-progress events. Encounters purchase-progress situations. (via Replacing Personas With Characters — Medium )

August 13, 2014 · 1 min · 69 words

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Knowing how to not give a shit doesn’t mean you never give a shit about anything. It just means that when you give a shit, it’s voluntary. You have a reason. (via The elegant art of not giving a shit )

July 25, 2014 · 1 min · 41 words

🔗 10 Surprising Pricing Strategies That Can Boost Sales

10 Surprising Pricing Strategies That Can Boost Sales Similarity can cost you sales Utilize price anchoring The secrets of Weber’s Law Reduce pain points in the sales process Reframe the product’s value Bundle commonly bought items Sweat the small stuff Appeal to utility or pleasure It’s either free or it isn’t Try out an old classic: ending prices with the number 9 Emphasize time spent vs. saved Never compare prices without a reason Utilize the power of context Test different levels of pricing Keep prices stupidly simple

June 18, 2014 · 1 min · 87 words

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(via Hakiri » Was Huxley right? ) I stumbled upon the following cartoon on twitter. I have read " 1984 " [ George Orwell , 1949] but not " Brave New World " [ Aldous Huxley , 1931 ]. Will be visiting the local library soon. In short, Orwell feared that what we hate will ruin us. Huxley feared taht what we love will ruin us. Further work by Aldous Huxley:...

January 13, 2014 · 1 min · 100 words