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4 Hour Work Week Reading Lists

BK chapter - the law of category - the 22 immutable laws of marketing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shIUepvFuGk BK - the blue ocean strategy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z72t0ml2Aus categorization - create your own category don't obsess about scaling - getting too big too fast make the best product possible - something you can get excited about BK - Small Giants - Bo Burlingham https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5FC1JFa4aY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9jMdxLI0kI Essay - 1000 true fans - Kevin Kelly     Once you have a brand, and get 1000 "groupies" who will trust anything you say you don't need anything else. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wlg3808gDic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoNbvsRPagk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGFze6hu-ZQ "Everything with Measurement and Objective" - German Proverb BK - The effective Executive - Peter F. Drucker -    Get a few critical things done and that is enough https://www.youtube.com/wat...

How to Start a Speech

Assumption Questions     Necessary vs. Sufficient         Necessary = without it, argument falls apart.         Sufficient = with it, argument holds up. HOw to start a speech: Good - 3 - A question Better - 2 - A shocking factoid. (There are more people alive today than have ever died). [Every 2 minutes, the energy reaching the earth from the sun is equivalent to 1 year's usage of humanity.] Best - 1 - Like telling a story to a child... "Once upon a time..." Tell a story. Tell them what quality of life means to you. Stories about people. Not the software, but the people who built the software, the people who use the software etc. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuIlsN32WaE Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.)

Efficiency and Effectiveness

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSq9uGs_z0E How to learn master any skill by deconstructing it. "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority it's time to pause and reflect." DiSSS - Deconstruct - break it down to its elements, find the essence, do just that, not peripheral stuff, find what might be failure points and avoid them for the first 5 sessions. Selection - Minimalism. 80/20 rule. Do the 20% most important things. 12 sentences that encapsulate the grammar in any language: 1. The apple is red. 2. It is John's apple. 3. I give John the apple. 4. We give him the apple. 5. He gives it to John. 6. She gives it to him. 7. Is the apple red? 8. The apples are red. 9. I must give it to him. 10. I want to give it to her. 11. I'm going to know tomorrow. 12. I can't eat the apple 13. I have eaten the apple. [is it Subject Object Verb, SVO etc.] Sequencing - what if I did things in the opposite order? What if I ignored best practices? chess - learn board...

Muses: Games

Game Elements: Splendor - Tactile, Simple Complexity, Balance, Colecting Settlers - Interaction, Trading, Speed, Collecting Puerto Rico - Worker Allocation, Rondel, Resources Deck Building - Collecting, Drafting, Shuffling Coup - Speed, Bluffing, Role Play Other: Cooperation, Gambling, Rock / Paper / Scissors, Surprise Events My Games: Dungeon / Shandalar / Wizards / Diablo Attributes, Skills, Spells, Items, Companions, Monsters, Cooperation, Deck Building, Role Playing, Tiles?, Map, Trick taking? (spells, initiative), Traitor?, Multi Use Cards, Hidden Roles / Hidden Goals, Tech trees etc, alignments, Colonize / LOTR Resources, Worker Allocation, Promotion, Recruiting, Drafting, Wheel, Battles, Trading, Guilds, Surprise Events, Tiles?, Map, Multi-use Cards, Hidden Roles / Hidden Goals, Tech trees etc, alignments, Cooking Game: Ingredients Cards, Pots, Pans, Utensils,  Stove / Oven, "Chinese Chef", Italian, Mexican, "Sushi Chef", Street Food / ...

Passions in No Particular Order

 What I'm Good At / Know A Lot About Shortcutting Food Music      Voice      Guitar      Piano Acting Family      Wife and Children      Dad, Sisters and Brothers      Nieces and Nephews Writing Drawing Traveling Fitness and Health Kuma Chef knife - $20 What is my niche? Kids Food Chinese Guitar Health Sustainability Simplicity Fundraising for Kids Games Products, Services, Information Products: Baby / Kids Information: Guitar Songs / Strumming Patters / Picking Patters / Circle of 5ths / Transposition / Hammer-ons / pick offs Campfire Guitar 20 Minute Guitar Mastery / Learn Guitar in 20 Minutes Techniques: Chord changes (top finger first, G Chord variations, Subconscious guitar Guitar to piano / piano to guitar translation Health and Fitness: Biochemistry / Physiology in pictures - glucose vs. ketones etc. Cooking: ...