6:14am
Saint Paul
I broke a rule and read some email this morning.
(usually I try to skip the email, otherwise I get pulled into a rabbit hole)
I immediately opened a letter from PRL Podcast guest Matt Rizvi.
And what I read… was some sad news. (more…)
6:21
Saint Paul
People love to think humans are persuaded by facts, that we’re rational beings, willing to weight the information in front of us, and even if we don’t like the outcome, we’re willing to change our minds in the face of truth.
This pretty much never happens. Emotions… our tribe’s position… and what we want to believe… are far more important to us than boring old facts. (more…)
Andrew Carnegie was a business tycoon in the late 1800s… and the richest
man in America.
During an ‘afternoon interview’ —one that stretched into three days— journalist Napoleon Hill asked Carnegie,
What makes for a successful life?
With a twinkle in his eye, Carnegie invited Hill to research that exact question— (more…)
This weekend, many of my experiences seemed to revolve around the ideas of mirrors, mimicry, and imitation. It felt like a convergence of the universe onto this topic, something I like to call…
#no #memory #eq #jimcamp #nextstep
The late Jim Camp, one of the worlds “most feared negotiators,” was a big fan of the word No.
Camp even wrote a few books around this idea, No and Start with No.
No, Camp reasoned, allowed people to hold on to the status quo. No didn’t require action, No didn’t force someone to do something they weren’t prepared to do.
#ideas #CIA #sugar #action #NLP #microbiome
#computer #technology #school #fakenews #sound #noise #reflection #voice #design
730am
Saint Paul
Hey there!
Yesterday we discussed the importance of your tone of voice, specifically how being monotone works against your ability to hold someone’s attention.
If your voice has no texture, basically, there’s nothing to hook your listeners’ ears.
But… I mentioned that maybe you want to be boring and monotone, on occasion.
What might that occasion be? (more…)