Have you ever driven a car really fast? At some point it seems like the car is standing still. You’re doing 100mph, but it sure feels like you’re not really moving. You get this feeling on a plane as well. You’re hurtling at 500mph and you feel like it’s a terribly long flight and you’re bored, frustrated and […]
How ‘Pre-Stamps’ Help Overcome Client Resistance
A local car wash ran a loyalty program For every car wash you paid for, you got one stamp on your card. If you completed eight washes, you got one free wash. Another set of customers also joined that very same loyalty program. But they didn’t have eight blocks to fill on their card. They […]
The Importance of the ‘Critical Learning Period’
You may think your brain is all hardwired. And that you’re supremely suited for learning. But in fact, your brain is incredibly at the mercy of the sound environment. And the reason for being at the mercy of sound is because most of our early references as children are purely based on sound. This early […]
Why Plan A can severely reduce your momentum
Most people think momentum has only one step. That step is to move forward. And keep moving forward, no matter what the obstacles. These people have Plan A in mind, and by golly, Plan A is going to get done no matter what! But what if Plan A itself is a momentum-killer? So most days […]
Why We Fail: An Understanding of Momentum
The ceramics teacher announced on opening day that he was dividing the class into two groups. All those on the left side of the studio, he said, would be graded solely on the quantity of work they produced, all those on the right solely on its quality. His procedure was simple: on the final day […]
