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How To Know Your Product Will Succeed

Posted January 6th, 2017 @ 12:10pm in #success #persuasion #startups #product design

People often ask me if it is possible to use the tools of persuasion to predict which types of products or businesses will succeed. I’ll tell you a trick for doing just that. But keep in mind that this is NOT backed by any studies or science as far as I know. This is based on my experience alone, and it is subject to all the usual biases. I recommend looking for the pattern I’m about to describe in your own life to see how often it predicts winners. You might be surprised how well it works.

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The Time I Scared a Security Guard by Being an Old White Guy

Posted June 4th, 2015 @ 9:48am in #male privilege #securityguard #success

The other day I was walking through a big hotel in San Diego, on my way to give a keynote speech for a corporate event. I was the only person at the conference without an ID badge and I wondered how hard it would be to talk my way past security.

I figured it would help that a life-size photo of me as the keynote presenter was sitting in the hallway by the entrance to the conference. My plan was to wait for security to stop me (if they even noticed) then point to the poster and breeze right in.

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Knowledge as a Financial Asset

Posted June 1st, 2015 @ 9:15am in #success #goals #systemsversusgoals

If someone offered you $100,000 to take a class for a few weeks, would you do it? I believe most of you would, assuming there is nothing terrible about the class itself.

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Flag Hill: Goal or System?

Posted February 24th, 2015 @ 7:54am in #success #goals #hiking

Dateline: February 19, 2015. Sunol, CA.

My third attempt to reach the top of Flag Hill.

Background: I tried hiking to the top of this hill in mid 2014. Halfway up I was exhausted and defeated. My younger, better-looking hiking partner was not impressed. She could have sprinted to the summit while texting at the same time. With my manhood in tatters, I slunk down the hill. But I vowed to someday come back and beat Flag Hill. Now it was personal.

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Introducing New Writers!

Posted February 19th, 2015 @ 10:12am in #technology #Berkeley #success

This might be the most exciting day in the history of Dilbert.com. I am delighted to introduce three new writers who will be blogging on these pages. Check them out:

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Do Open Networks Boost Your Odds of Success?

Posted January 23rd, 2015 @ 8:46am in #success

Every time I hear of a study suggesting that doing (whatever) is important for success, I ask myself if the authors interpreted the correlations correctly.

And I rarely think they did.

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