“So, how do you pack a lot of meaning into a little message? You don’t. That’s the first lesson of microstyle. A message isn’t a treasure chest full of meaning. It’s more like a key that opens doors. A message…
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Book Report: The Daily Show (The Book)
“Getting fired from Paramount was the real turning point for me. Because I thought that after appearing on Letterman, now I’m a made man. And the Paramount thing, I thought losing it meant I was an unmade man. I realized you…
Tagged with: Ben Karlin, bullshit, Chris Smith, impostor syndrome, Jen Flanz, Jon Stewart, Judd Apatow, Malcolm Gladwell, oral history, Putin, Revisionist History, Ron Suskind, Stephen Colbert, Steve Bodow, The Daily Show, Trump, Trump Doctrine, Truthiness
Posted in Books
Posted in Books
Book Report: Why Should I Choose You?
“This book is about discovering your unique identity as an organization and being able to express that in a simple and compelling way. It is about revealing what it is about you that makes you uniquely remarkable at your very…
Tagged with: adaptive planning, business architecture, Charles Darwin, Core Beliefs, Core Proposition, Core Story, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Hedgehog Concept, Howard Lichtman, Ian Chamandy, Jack Welch, Malcolm Gladwell, Mind Gym, Obliquity, pitching, sales, strategic planning, taglines, The New Yorker, Why Should I Choose You?
Posted in Books, Marketing
Posted in Books, Marketing
Truth vs Belief
“What is true is more powerful than what you believe, because what is true will give you an edge.” – Bill James I haven’t posted anything in more than six months. There’s no particular reason, really – just a combination…
Tagged with: belief, Bill James, Malcolm Gladwell, primary research, Revisionist History, The Numbers Game, The Pentagon's Brain, truth
Posted in Leadership, Marketing
Posted in Leadership, Marketing
Book Report: The Numbers Game
“It is easy…to think of soccer as a game of superstars. They provide the glamour, the genius, the moments of inspiration. They sell the shirts and fill the seats. But they do not decide who wins games and who wins…
Tagged with: analytics, Andrew Friedman, Bill James, Bob Paisley, Boris Groysberg, Chris Anderson, conjunctive tasks, Daniel Kahneman, David Sally, Einstein, failure, Gabriele Marcotti, Gianluca Vialli, John Wooden, Kohler effect, Louis Van Gaal, Luca Toni, Malcolm Gladwell, Nathan Milstein, O-Ring Theory, Pep Guardiola, regression to the mean, Sepp Herberger, statistics, strongest-link, Tampa Bay Rays, team dynamics, The Extra 2%, The Numbers Game, Thomas Huxley, weakest-link, Zidane Clustering Theorem
Posted in Books, Management, Math and Science, Soccer, Sports
Posted in Books, Management, Math and Science, Soccer, Sports
Book Report: “Bounce”
“The talent theory of expertise is not merely flawed in theory; it is insidious in practice, robbing individuals and institutions of the motivation to change themselves and society. Even if we can’t bring ourselves to embrace the idea that expertise…
Tagged with: Anders Ericcson, Arsenal, Arsene Wenger, Bounce, Carol Dweck, David Beckham, Desmond Douglas, excellence, expertise, futsal, Greg Norman, Heidi Krieger, Laszlo Polgar, Malcolm Gladwell, Mark Schwarzer, Martin Sheen, Matthew Syed, Mia Hamm, Mozart, Nick Faldo, Outliers, placebo, purposeful practice, Roger Federer, self-development, Shaquille O'Neal, Sian Beilock, Steve Davis, talent, Tiger Woods, Venus Williams, Wayne Gretzky
Posted in Books, Everything, Leadership, Sports
Posted in Books, Everything, Leadership, Sports
