The dress being perceived as black and blue or white and gold is because people compensate for the light being shone on it (as perceived by them). This is just like people calling someone white or black, when clearly they are not exactly that. Also, people calling some pugs blue. They discount/invalidate information to arriveContinue reading “The Dress”
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Business Lessons From Muggers
You might think getting mugged cannot be explained by standard business theories because that does not sound like a typical business transaction. But mugging is a business in the sense that customers pay money (and other belongings) for something of value in return. The value you pay for when you’re getting mugged is the benefitContinue reading “Business Lessons From Muggers”
Walking Out of an Audi Dealership
How much attention and assistance should the employees of a business place give to the customers who walk in? As much as possible, right? Well, that is what I used to think too. Here’s why. An older professor at my university once told me a story about when she and her husband visited an AudiContinue reading “Walking Out of an Audi Dealership”
Spaghetti Sauce
People wouldn’t have said they want extra chunky sauce = Henry Ford’s quote about how people would have asked for a faster horse Also, in Howard Moskovitz’s experiment, it only proved that some people say they like extra chunky spaghetti sauce when they are quizzed about it by an old guy with a lab coat,Continue reading “Spaghetti Sauce”
Business Lessons From La Signore (InsertCelebWhoHadHighDreamsWithHighConvictionButLessCommericalSuccess/AudienceAppeal)
Mocking La Singore backfired?Maybe all you CAN do is put out your passion and hope the stupid customers love it?You can be aware of the customers’ perceptions and still not feel guilty for them not liking your contentStop convinving myself the customers’ appeal/liking are gifts/acheivements that you can feel guilty about if not achieved… orContinue reading “Business Lessons From La Signore (InsertCelebWhoHadHighDreamsWithHighConvictionButLessCommericalSuccess/AudienceAppeal)”
Another Business Lesson From Malcolm in the Middle
Hal and the boys selling christmas treesAll those emotions/lessons Hal is talking about… the confidence,excitement and joy…
Magic Chalk From Japan
Imagine you wanted to make your chalk so appealing… build a brand that appeals to the users so much that professors will start hoarding it like meth and start dealing it in secret… that it will become a cult classic. One that makes a professor (of Mathematics!) say that he is convinced they are madeContinue reading “Magic Chalk From Japan”
World’s Most Pathetic Elevator Chime
Elevator chime: screech13 million people: Ah yes entertainment/InterestingContext and format matters!Comment: Old YouTube was Gold Youtube? Not really, old feels gold only NOW!Comment: You know a YouTube video is gold when:– Duration is really short– Old af– Has millions of views– Pops up in recommendations for no reason– No clickbait– Title has zero context– HaveContinue reading “World’s Most Pathetic Elevator Chime”
Business Lessons From Dave Chappelle
Be the Dave Chappelle/Eminem in your fieldIn the sense that, speak your heart out (more like, find a way to get paid to speak your heart out)There must be many kids out there who are talking/acting/performing/rapping just like (like as in, with the same conviction/excitement) these two guys and getting called whack (which those twoContinue reading “Business Lessons From Dave Chappelle”
Business Lessons From Sandwiches
How sandwiches “taste” different by how they’re cut.