The initial questions that any founder faces with:
Why ask questions during a conversation? What mistakes do we make in communication? Two types of questions. Three characteristics of a good listener. The structure of a good question. The structure of the ideal question.
It is impossible to live without conflicts. But how to make the conflict constructive?
Thomas Gordon, author of “Parent Effectiveness Training”, invented the “I-message” that is now taught in many business education programs. Lesson 8 of Communication Genius describes I-message in detail:
Our Rational Answer books club has selected a book for February. It is “Thinking in Bets” by Annie Duke: https://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Bets-Making-Smarter-Decisions-ebook/dp/B074DG9LQF
This book is written by a multi-million dollar poker tournaments winner (and her brother is also a multi-million dollar poker tournaments winner - so it’s a family business ;))
She teaches how to apply poker thinking to make decisions in financial markets, strategic planning, human resources, law, entrepreneurship…
There is quite a high demand for blockchain development these days. We do some experience with it as a company (one complex multi-year project), but personally I only had high-level knowledge and I wanted to improve it…
So me and few of my colleagues have started the course “Ethereum and Solidity: The Complete Developer’s Guide” (https://www.udemy.com/course/ethereum-and-solidity-the-complete-developers-guide/)
How to influence people through vivid stories?
Lesson 6 of Communication Genius covers these topics:
Why and how to make compliments?
Lesson 5 of Communication Genius covers these topics:
Small talk is an instrument to be remembered and to make a good impression.
Lesson 4 from Communication Genius course covers these topics:
How to measure the noise in our daily decisions?
Which is better - expert judgment or mechanical prediction using very simple models/rules? Surprisingly, the model of you beats you! Even a simple regression model based on your past decisions!
How to make rules/models even less noisy? How can rules/models become more biased sometimes?
Why don’t people always use models (if they are so good) and still rely on their bad judgment?
When do we not need models?
