Author: Joel Gross

I am currently very confused about what is going on in the global economy. Interest rates are negative, most assets seem to be in a bubble… very confusing as to where to invest.

Great book on addiction.https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14817.A_Scanner_Darkly

It is incredibly ineffective at security. It costs billions. Shut down TSA.

I have been trying to review my old work and interactions with people to see what I can learn. Today I am watching one of my company videos from a few months back.

My notes:

• Make sure that I share my screen when doing demonstrations so remote workers can see it.
• Have other people talk more, not just me.

Leftmost digit bias: humans have a heuristic where they look most closely at the leftmost digit. This is why most infomercial products are priced $19.95 instead of $21 or something. Furthermore, each additional 10k mark increase in car mileage, price drops significantly.

Last Objection: A salesperson asks about a clients last objection. They then resolve the objection and ask the person to uphold their promise that that was their last objection.… read more “Leftmost Digit Bias, Last Objection, Testimonials, Stories, Love Bombings”

Rocket League has become quite the nightly attraction for me. I usually will have dinner with my wife, then read for awhile, and finally play Rocket league for an hour or so.

I listened to a good Audible.com lecture this morning on the cognitive fallacies that contribute to conspiracy thinking. Conspiracy thinking is what leads to the belief that aliens landed at Roswell, the 9/11 attack was orchestrated by the US government, the Federal Reserve is a secret global domination cabal, global warming is a fraud by all of science, etc.… read more “Conspiracy Theory Thinking”

Lately I have been feeling absolutely buried in the millions of tasks I need to get done. I am trying to get better at prioritization rather than just doing a random assortment of things that capture my attention temporarily. I am going to spend some time today to prioritize all of my tasks and then start at the top and work down.