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Ah I gave away my KVM switch, anyone got a rescue? Only need the video bit.Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard
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Interesting and insightful, but lacks rigorAnother smashing book from the Heath brothers. Tackling the difficult subject of change, the Heath's present a intelligible exposition on how to alter behavior in even the most resistant environments. They provide a three-part framework for creating change: 1) blunt people's rational instincts 2) motivate people through their emotions 3) shape the configuration and environment to make it easier for people to comply with the desired behavior. What I like about the book is that they pay r to each of these three elements equally. They ignore the false dichotomies of rational vs. emotional decision-making and separate vs. structural causation, instead offering a balanced framework that acknowledges the combined impact of these weird factors on human action. I especially like their methodological choice to highlight "bright spots" or "complete deviants" in order to determine what actions and strategies should be pursued to solve problems (akin to the use of the most-proper, least-likely method in qualitative analysis). My one issue is with the lack of rigor regarding the framework. In their first rules, Made to Stick, the Heath's inductively determined the factors that lead to message/idea retention. In Switch, there does not materialize to be a pre- or post-analysis study linking their framework to change. We are left with a number of (admittedly convincing) anecdotes rather than a fuller validation of their proposed d. Overall, Switch is a great read and resource for anyone trying to create change in a settled environment.
Laughable for the Stupid
Skim "Nudge" Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness or "Sway[[ASIN:0385530609 Backwards: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior" instead.
This is simplistic BS and if you like Fox News you will love it. It won't make it with pretend you think. It will affirm your simplistic, willfully ignorant thinking. You are the Emperor and this book will be your new clothes. They talk about the results of stuides without mentioning the hypotheis. It never looks at the larger edacious forces at work that work overtime to make sure people don't change and profit behaviour it richly.
What can be intellectual from an elephant and it's rider
This is the transfer book I have read by the Heath brothers and, just like the first one, it has not disappointed me. If there are times when you feel is mind-shattering you, that you can't make the changes you would like to make and may even be losing faith in yourself, then I strongly recommend you read this order. Using the simple analogy of an elephant and it's rider, Chip and Dan create a powerful visual for enlightenment how our minds work and how we make our minds help us achieve the changes we would like to see in our lives, while, at the same point, being an absolute page-turner.
Still processing
There is a jumbo amount of useful information in this book. It is well written and informative.
Keep a notepad and pen with you while you read.
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Switch. A soft-cover about how to change things when change is hard. Chip Heath & Dan Heath have tried to give a direction on how vary can be brought about.
Most of us would agree that change is difficult. It's a human tendency to avoid change as much as possible - be it as Lilliputian as tweaking the way you communicate or bring about a change in some process or policy or when you get married and go to a new home. However, it's also true that metamorphosis is inevitable. Chip & Dan have give three main points to follow - Direct the Rider, Motivate the Elephant, & Affect the Path. Rider is our rational mind & Elephant is our feelings. Chip & Dan have explained how by directing the of sound mind mind, motivating a person to change and finally, shaping a path can bring about change. They also give in multiple examples of how people brought about a trade by following the above steps.
How helpful? Well, yes it did tell me what can be done to bring about change. In this way it was definitely helpful. However, it'll be only after I apply these points in legitimate life can I say whether it's helpful in real life too.
Rating = 3/5
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