Archive for October, 2007Persuasion and Car BuyingI had an interesting experience when I went car shopping with my brother in law, Eddie. Having recently read The Psychology of Influence, I wondered if it would have an impact on my car experience. When we got the dealership, I remarked to Eddie about the various persuasion tactics that I read about. I wondered [...] Avoid The Telephone GameI recently got asked about an issue involving locking doors (6 total). The goal is to try to eliminate the risk of leaving the doors unlocked. Currently Here’s the original situation: (For those of you on RSS, I’m using pictures, so you might want to view the actual post) And, if there was a meeting [...] First Chinese BBQ = HorribleJust wanted to relay this experience at First Chinese BBQ in Plano, Texas. We got some gift certificates from a friend, and our meal was approx. $34. We tried to pay with $40 in gift certificates, thinking that we can get change back and we’ll use the change for tip. Silly me. They, not only, [...] Influence and the Blue Man GroupIt’s interesting that I had just talked about the influence of scarcity, and what do you know, I saw a perfect example of it a couple of days later. I was at the Blue Man Group concert this past weekend, and after the concert, I wanted to buy a concert t-shirt. There was a huge [...] A Little ExperimentI’m going to run an experiment. I, like most Americans, don’t want to exercise, so, I’m going to try to manipulate myself into exercising regularly. Here’s my progress so far: Calorie Goal Burned So Far 35,000 436 I want to see if I can reach my goal by the end of this year. |
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