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This study is particularly important because it asked everyone else what they thought about you: this allowed them to determine the number of friends people actually had
Robin Dunbar • Friends: Understanding the Power of our Most Important Relationships
Hiring on General Talent Makes More Sense in High-Trust Environments
Tyler Cowenmarginalrevolution.comOrganizing around the average, then, is too expensive. Organizing around average means that the organization has exchanged the high productivity of exceptional performance for the ease and security of an endless parade of average performers.
Seth Godin • Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?
Tomasz Tunguz • Bias Against Creativity
Berns found that most people went along with the view of the majority, even if it was wrong.
Dr. David Lewis • The Brain Sell: How the new mind sciences and the persuasion industry are reading our thoughts, influencing our emotions, and stimulating us to shop
Energy, resources, and time should go instead to making a competent person into a star performer.
Peter F. Drucker • Managing Oneself
If we want to improve our idea selection skills, we shouldn’t look at whether people have been successful. We need to track how they’ve been successful.
Adam Grant • Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World
Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People for sales, Andy Grove’s High Output Management for CEOs, or Robert Cialdini’s Influence for marketing and personal relationships.
Daniel Gross • Talent: How to Identify Energizers, Creatives, and Winners Around the World
“On the Surprising Science of Motivation,” author Daniel Pink,