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Category Archives: Business
The $144,146,165 Button
Tiny changes can have massive results. Need proof? Â Three buttons in a cab can increase tips 220%.
Posted in Art, Business, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Marketing, Persuasion, Psychology
Tagged Disproportionate Results, Persuasion
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Possibilities
We have more tools available than ever before to accomplish whatever it is we want to accomplish.  And technology changes so fast that you can expect to have access to tools you might not have even dreamed of every few years. Just … Continue reading
Creating An Ownership Experience
Apple stores are a paradox. People love them, even though the service is awful. Yes, the service is better than Best Buy and other big retailers, but it’s still awful. So why are Apple stores far and away the highest … Continue reading
Sell Before You Build
Derek Sivers describes a marketing genius’ approach to writing: Marketing guru Jay Abraham, in the pre-internet days, would run classified ads in newspapers and magazines. If he wanted to write a book about something, he’d run a classified ad, taking … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Marketing, Quotes
Tagged Marketing, Writing
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There Is No Speed Limit
Most of the world is designed for the lowest common denominator. Â Schools are designed to impart a set amount of knowledge to a diverse group of kids each year. Â It doesn’t much matter how smart you are, how interested you … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Choice, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Psychology, Self-Improvement
Tagged Derek Sivers, Goal, Life, Speed
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Spin
[Tom Sawyer] had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it – namely, that in order to make a man or a boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to attain. – … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Creativity, Inspiration, Marketing, Negotiation, Psychology, Quotes, Rationality
Tagged Marketing, Psychology, Spin
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Filling In The White Spaces
Advice from Peter Thiel’s final CS 183 lecture: There is something importantly singular about each new thing. There is a mini singularity whenever you start a company or make a key life decision. In a very real sense, the life … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Choice, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Leading, Quotes
Tagged Choice, Life, Peter Thiel, Starting, Startup
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Get Used To Hearing No
Before you ever get into a field or a career, you’re probably going to hear someone say “no”. No, that’s too hard. No, you don’t have the credentials. No, you don’t qualify. No, it’s never going to work out. No, … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Self-Improvement
Tagged Creativity, No, Reach, Rejection
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Neil Gaiman on Life
Great speech:
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Choice, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Quotes
Tagged Life
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Smart People Don’t Call Others Stupid
Some really mostly-good advice from Derek Sivers: Being smart means thinking things through – trying to find the real answer, not the first answer. Being stupid means avoiding thinking by jumping to conclusions.Jumping to a conclusion is like quitting a game … Continue reading
Diamond Psychology
Most people are probably aware that diamonds aren’t particularly rare and that their price is mostly a function of cartel control over the supply (De Beers) and good advertising. Â While this is true, the story behind it is fascinating (and … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Creativity, Food For Thought, Marketing, Persuasion, Psychology, Relationships
Tagged Diamonds, Marketing, Psychology, Sales
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Dieter Rams on Design: Understand People
Dieter Rams has been successful because he deeply understands people, both physically, psychologically, and how they operate in the world. Â He’s not some sort of mind reader: You cannot understand good design if you do not understand people; design is … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Aesthetics, Art, Business, Creativity, Inspiration, Psychology, Quotes
Tagged Design, Dieter Rams, Planning
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Share
For several hundred years now, most businesses have fought to keep things secret. Â Ingredients, techniques, processes, suppliers, you name it. Â Anything that might be a competitive advantage would attempt to be shielded from competitors and the public. Â In fact, the … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Creativity, Food For Thought, Psychology, Rationality
Tagged Mystique, Secrecy, Share, Sharing
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Disciplined Mindwandering, or The Benefits of Daydreaming
Jonathan Schooler, the psychologist who helped pioneer the study of insight, has recently begun studying the benefits of daydreams. Â His lab has demonstrated that people who consistently engage in more daydreaming score significantly higher on measures of creativity. Â To evaluate … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Art, Business, Creativity, Food For Thought, Inspiration, Productivity, Psychology, Quotes, Self-Improvement
Tagged Daydream, Ideas, Jonah Lehrer, Mind Wandering
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Steal This Idea: Lock Screen Emergency Contact
You, like many people, have a lock on your phone. This is smart: by requiring the user to type in a code or swipe a pattern in order to access the part of the phone that stores sensitive data, you … Continue reading
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