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How to communicate numbers…
People’s capacity for memory is enhanced when numbers are CONVERTED INTO CONCEPTS they can comprehend 🧐 📍A number may not always be necessary to communicate a point. CREATE A STORY INSTEAD, ELIMINATES THE NEED FOR NUMBERS 🤔 📚In “MAKING NUMBERS COUNT: The Art and Science of Communicating Numbers” Stanford Business School professor Chip Heath and co-writer Karla Starr find that “nobody really understands numbers.” 🤯 🧠 The human brain IS NOT CAPABLE of quickly recognizing quantities BIGGER THAN FIVE. However, even someone who struggles with basic arithmetic, may understand numbers when you transform them into ANALOGIES, COMPARISONS, and CONVERSIONS 🤓 In a world that is becoming more and more dependent…
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Times of emergency can help us clarify our priorities
Very often we learn too late WHAT IS TRULY IMPORTANT 🥹 The TITANIC struck an iceberg 🚢late on April 14, 1912, and sank to the bottom of the sea, killing 1,523 of the 2,228 men, women, and children who were on board. The last few minutes of the tragic ship’s journey are vividly described in the survivor accounts, which are rich with both insight and foolishness, as well as acts of both heroism and selfishness 🧐 🪖Major ARTHUR GODFREY PEUCHEN 🎖was one of the many affluent guests traveling on the Titanic’s inaugural voyage; he survived while 11 other millionaires perished. As the ship was being evacuated, Peuchen recalled going back…
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Suerte
❝SOY GRAN CREYENTE EN LA SUERTE, y he descubierto que mientras más duro trabajo más suerte tengo❞ Stephen Leacock
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Cuida quien te rodea
❝Un estudio de hace unos años publicado en el New England Journal of Medicine halló que la «obesidad puede contagiarse de persona a persona, casi como un virus… Cuando una persona gana peso, sus amigos íntimos ganan peso también» 💡 Según explica el catedrático de Harvard Nicholas Christakis, uno de los investigadores 👨🏻🔬 principales del estudio: «Una explicación es que los amigos afectan a la PERCEPCIÓN de la gordura. Cuando un amigo íntimo se vuelve obeso, la obesidad empieza a no parecer tan mal» 🤔 En nuestro interior, todos somos miembros de una TRIBU 🙏🏻, o de una serie de tribus, empezando con nuestras nacionalidades y familias, y extendiéndose hasta los…
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Weekly exam
1️⃣ Wake up with energy 🔌2️⃣ Be thankful 🙏🏻3️⃣ Laugh 😆4️⃣ Focus on what I can control 🎯5️⃣ Winners learn 👨🏻🔬, losers complain 😩6️⃣ Reinforce other people’s achievements ✅7️⃣ Speak well of someone 💬8️⃣ Surround with those who give me positive experiences ∑9️⃣ Help others with my actions ☺️🔟 Imitate the best 🏄🏼♂️
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Customer innovation
“When scanning for signals of EMERGING CHANGE, the difficulty is not in finding information; it is in WHAT TO ATTEND to and what you can ignore.”Marion Debruyne. The perspective of your existing customers views the market close up and in depth. This narrow market view gives you the clearest and MOST RELIABLE PICTURE. Your goal is to UNDERSTAND 🧐 and UTILIZE the INSIGHTS 💡your customers can offer. HELP YOUR CUSTOMERS TO IMPROVE THEIR RESULTS‼️ Many companies prioritize innovation, but incremental and breakthrough changes are challenging 🏄🏼♂️ Try to pursue opportunities for small improvements. Making frequent small-step product/services fixes requires a culture that EMBRACES CHANGE, and so does implementing market-changing breakthroughs…
