Make the Other Person Happy About Doing the Thing You Suggest. A boy's chore was to pick up pears from under a pear tree so the lawn mower didn't have to pick them up. He didn't like this chore. The father decided not to scold him and said, ‘Jeff, I’ll make a deal...
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it
From Carnegie's "How to Win Friends and Influence People. The Only Way to Get the Best of an Argument is to Avoid it. Carnegie attended a party. During dinner, a man told him a funny story with a quote. The man said the quote came from the Bible. Carnegie told the man...
Poor Charlie’s Almanack
Be careful not to over appraise someone due to the Halo Effect
From Daniel Kahneman "Thinking, Fast and Slow" Be careful not to over appraise or under appraise someone due to the Halo Effect. If you like someone, you will probably over appraise them. If you hate someone, you probably dislike them more than they deserve. This is...
How to conduct an interview with less bias
From Daniel Kahnehman "Thinking, fast and slow" If you are interviewing someone for a job, you probably will over weigh your personal impressions from the interview and under weigh the facts about the candidate. This is bad because the Halo Effect affects your...
Be careful when looking at results because you must factor in Regression to the Mean.
From Daniel Kahneman "Thinking, fast and slow" What is Regression to the Mean? Outcomes are a combination of skill and luck. If someone performs unusually well, it was due to luck. So next time they perform, they will do a lot worse. If someone performs unusually bad,...
“How to Win Friends and Influence People”
By Dale Carnegie This book is recommended by Billionaires Warren Buffet and Paul Graham, and millionaires Naval Ravikant, Derek Sivers, and Scott Adams. Warren Buffet said he doesn't have his Columbia degree on his wall, but he proudly displays his Dale Carnegie...
Principle 1. Don’t criticize, condemn or complain.
From Dale Carnegie's "How to Win Friends and Influence People." Principle 1: Don't Criticize, Condemn, or Complain. "Criticism is futile because it puts a person on the defensive and usually makes him strive to justify himself. Criticism is dangerous, because it...
